land rights

Demolition of Al Arakib as children watch (Activestills)
Police arrest three minors in Bedouin village as expulsion efforts continue
Police arrest three children in ‘unrecognized’ village of Al-Araqib, as the Jewish National Fund continues its forestation project on village land.  Two children, 12 and 13, were arrested in the unrecognized Bedouin village of al-Araqib in Israel’s south on Monday, as the Jewish National Fund (JNF) entered the village accompanied by police forces to resume cultivating land for a…
By Mairav Zonszein July 19, 2016
Israeli security forces demolish structures in the ‘unrecognized’ Bedouin village of al-Araqib, Israel, June 29, 2016. (Azez Alaraqib)
Israel demolishes Bedouin village al-Araqib for 100th time
Al-Araqib is one of 35 ‘unrecognized’ villages in Israel that authorities refuse to provide with water, electricity or basic infrastructure. Israeli security forces demolished the Bedouin village of al-Araqib for the 100th time Wednesday morning. It was the second demolition during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, taking place while residents were fasting. The first…
By Mairav Zonszein June 29, 2016
The unrecognized village of Atir (Activestills.org)
The tragic resilience of Israel’s unrecognized Arab villages
Palestinian citizens of Israel led the first ‘Land Day’ protests on March 30th, 1976. 40 years later, they’re facing even worse threats than before. +972 visits three unrecognized villages across Israel where Israeli courts have approved evictions in order to build luxury apartments, roads, and new Jewish towns on the ruins of their homes.
By Amjad Iraqi March 30, 2016
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Adallah acting executive director Suhad Bishara (Photo: Courtesy)
‘When I look at the Prawer Plan, I see another Nakba’
+972 speaks with Suhad Bishara, of Adalah – The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel, about the challenges of fighting for Palestinian rights in Israel and deciding when not to take legal action in Israeli courts – if doing so would undermine the Palestinian narrative. When looking at Israel’s Prawer-Begin Plan to evict tens…
By Matt Surrusco July 14, 2013
A Bedouin protest against the implementation of the Prawer Plan for the unrecognized villages, March 2012 (photo: Activestills.com)
Collision course: Plan to displace tens of thousands of Bedouin passes first Knesset vote
The implementation of the Prawer Plan for unrecognized villages in the Negev has become a major policy objective for the Netanyahu government. Following one of the most heated debates the Israeli parliament has seen in recent years, the Knesset approved the Prawer-Begin Plan for the Arrangement of Bedouin-Palestinian Settlement in the Negev yesterday (Monday). Commonly referred to…
By Noam Sheizaf June 25, 2013
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