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Documents Reveal Israel’s Intent to Forcibly Expel the Bedouin From Their Lands

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium.MAGAZINE-documents-reveal-israel-s-intent-to-forcibly-expel-bedouin-from-their-lands-1.10579891

New research has uncovered an Israeli military operation commanded by Moshe Dayan, whose goal was to forcibly remove Bedouin citizens from their lands. ‘Transferring the Bedouin to new territories would annul their rights as landowners and make them tenants on government lands,’ wrote Dayan in 1951

by Netael Bandel       31 January 2022            Haaretz

It’s quiet in the unrecognized Negev Bedouin village of Al-Arakib. It was even quiet a month ago, when stormy protests against the Jewish National Fund’s tree planting were taking place some 30 kilometers away.

But another issue could prove even more explosive, perhaps much more. And it stems from this quiet village.

At first glance, there’s nothing special about what Justice Ministry officials are calling the “national strategy case.” It’s just another Bedouin lawsuit over ownership of Negev lands that the state expropriated after the 1948 War of Independence.

 

Dayan meeting with Ben-Gurion, third from left, with Moshe Sharett, behind him, and Haim Laskov, left of Ben-Gurion, in 1953.
Dayan meeting with Ben-Gurion, third from left, with Moshe Sharett, behind him, and Haim Laskov, left of Ben-Gurion, in 1953.

 

 

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