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Israel’s teenage barbarians at al-Arakib – By Lawrence Davidson

by Lawrence Davidson August 5, 2010

By Lawrence Davidson* | Sabbah Report | www.sabbah.biz The Bedouin village of al-Arakib On 26 July 2010 Israeli police armed with tear gas, a water canon and two helicopters forced the 200 Bedouin residents of the southern Israeli village of al-Arakib out of their homes. Most of the furniture was then removed from the village’s [...]

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Israel Racism and Winter in the Unrecognized Villages

by Haitham Sabbah February 4, 2008

By Yeela Raanan Last week there were strong winds, rain and cold weather all over Israel, and in the Negev. On Wednesday on my way to work I received a call from Sumaya el Atrash, from the village of Saaweh – it is terrible here – come and see if you can help… The unrecognized [...]

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Action Appeal: Stop the Assaults Against Negev Villages

by Haitham Sabbah August 18, 2007

Mr. Ban Ki Moon, UN security general, In the early morning hours of Monday, 25 June 2007, a large contingent of Israeli police forces, along with support from the Israel Border Patrol and under orders from the Israeli Ministry of Interior, sadly demolished 28 structures, including 25 houses, in the Unrecognized Village, of Attir – [...]

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Israel destroyed another unrecognized village in the Negev

by Haitham Sabbah June 26, 2007

The Israeli government has destroyed more than 20 homes in the unrecognized village Atir and Um El Hiran. The twin unrecognised villages of Um al-Hiran and Atir, situated about 30km from the city of Beer el-Sabe, are prime examples. Surrounded by an expanse of the Naqab desert, and constructed largely out of corrugated iron and [...]

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Shut off the water

by Haitham Sabbah May 18, 2007

No water for Palestinian childrenLet Palestinians die of thirst. This is what Mr. Netanyahu learned from the Holocaust: “evacuate whomever necessary, enact a closure on the Gaza Strip, stop providing services like electricity and water…

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