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WATCH this BBC film with Edward Said returning to Jerusalem. At 23:00 he visits the Jahalin displaced in 1998 as the bulldozers are there, at Maale Adumim. Amazing documentary. One cannot imagine it being allowed to be made or released today. Amazing.

Whether recently approved plans for construction in the E-1 area materialize or not, Israel plans to the relocate the local Bedouin population – against their will. December 2012 “Ten Palestinian Bedouin communities living in the West Bank corridor connecting Ma’ale Adumim and Jerusalem  are concerned that if recently approved plans for …

The E1 plan and its implications for human rights in the West Bank December 2012 This past weekend, the media reported that Israel has decided to advance the planning of thousands of apartments in the settlement of Ma’ale Adumim, as part of the E-1 plan, in the area connecting the …

While the world’s attention is turned to Gaza, the UN and Jerusalem-area settlements, stealthier military maneuvers in the West Bank are pushing Palestinians off their land. If the recent joint U.S.-Israel military exercises actually took place in the Jordan Valley, then Washington is complicit in torpedoing the two-state solution. Opinion …

August 2012 Palestinian Bedouins in the Israeli-occupied Jordan Valley struggle to cling on to an age-old way of life. Stretching from Mozambique in southeast Africa to Syria in the Middle East, the Great Rift Valley is home to the world’s lowest city, Jericho, which was established over 10,000 years ago. Farmers …

November 2012 “A group of European Union heads of mission in Jerusalem and Ramallah visited Monday the West Bank community of Khan-Al-Ahmar, located in Area C, which is under full Israeli rule, according to an EU press release. The diplomats had the opportunity to gain a first-hand impression of the …

November 2012 “On Monday 5th November, a group of European Union Heads of Mission in Jerusalem and Ramallah visited the West Bank community of Khan-Al-Ahmar. The diplomats had the opportunity to gain a first-hand impression of the current situation in the area, visit the Bedouin village of Khan-Al-Ahmar and the …

World of Law: Bedouin Law ” […] The video is called “A Law of Honor and Contract,” and it’s centered around a conversation I had in Manhattan with my friend Frank, one of the leading Western authorities on Bedouin law. One way to appreciate the depth of Frank’s expertise is to …

A documentary film by Lipika Pelham about Shlomo Lecker, lawyer for the Jahalin. Synopsis Israel says that it is planning to remove and relocate 2300 Bedouins from the Judean desert, east of Jerusalem. The plan will eventually evacuate an estimated 27,500 Bedouins living in the West Bank, which Israel occupied in …

BBC World Service Radio covers displacement of Bedouin in Area C and the Negev, caused by settlement expansion.   Click here to listen!