If Israel’s parliament approves the proposal, 30,000 Bedouins could be removed from their homes in Negev within 60 days
Israeli Land from 1946 to 2000
Six Arab-Israeli towns in Israel‘s southern Negev region have ground to a halt in protest at government plans to confiscate swathes of land from the Bedouin community. If the proposal passes through the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, unopposed, 30,000 people could be forced from their homes within 60 days.
Schools, shops and municipal offices across the region closed for the day allowing more than 8,000 people to stage a demonstration in Beersheba rejecting the plan – the largest civil protest in the city’s history.
Categories: Israel, Middle East