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Our translation of a short piece by author Eyal Megged September 12 2012 The Human Side of the Coin Just below Kfar Adumim is Al Khan al Ahmar. Just below the villas are a few huts. Just below the public buildings rich with concrete and parquet wood floors is a …
Read More »A letter from the community
بسم الله الرحمن الرجيم To: President Mahmoud Abbas; Prime Minister Salam Fayyad; The Minister of Education, Mrs. Lamis al-Alami The Governor of Jerusalem, Mr. Adnan Husseini Members of the diplomatic communities in Jerusalem, Ramallah and Tel Aviv and foreign capitals, (especially those who have supported our work with financial donations); …
Read More »Israel threatens to demolish 'illegal' Bedouin school- RT
September 2012 Israel has threatened to demolish a Bedouin encampment in the West Bank that contains a school, claiming that the community was built without appropriate permits and was hindering the development of new Israeli settlements. The Khan Al-Ahmar elementary school was built in 2009 with the help of local …
Read More »Israel threatens to demolish Bedouin school- Beaumont enterprise.com
September 2012 KHAN AL-AHMAR, West Bank (AP) — Dozens of children returned to school on Sunday, taking part in an annual ritual that has taken on special meaning in this Bedouin tent camp. The makeshift school buildings, cobbled together from mud and old tires, were built over the objections of Israeli authorities …
Read More »Occupation from within: the Arab Bedouin in Israel- New Statesman
At the beginning of this year the Israeli government announced a that will displace more than 70 000 Arab Bedouin from their ancestral lands August 2012 The Negev desert is a good place to bury dogs. The dog cemetery of Tsan Yatir provides a final resting place for beloved …
Read More »Environmental hazards threaten Jahalin- American Charities for Palestine
Environmental hazards threaten the health and livelihoods of uprooted Jahalin Bedouins August 2012 The Abu Dis garbage dump, near the Palestinian town of Abu Dis situated east of Jerusalem, poses an ongoing health hazard to Bedouin communities living nearby. The good news is that initial plans to “forcibly relocate some 2,300 Bedouin living …
Read More »Forced relocations from the West Bank fit decades-old plan- The National
August 2012 “South Africa has decided that anything produced in the West Bank must be labelled as coming from the Occupied Palestinian Territories, rather than Israel, as the labels now read. The ruling suggests that the global movement known as “Boycott Divestment and Sanctions” is picking up speed. But Israel …
Read More »Tough Bedouin life wins teen a fairy tale award- Times Of Malta
Girl is inspired by her harsh reality and Barcelona striker Lionel Messi *Story by AFP* August 2012 It was the trauma of seeing Israeli troops raze homes in the Bedouin community where she lives that inspired 14-year-old Salha Hamadin to write an award-winning fairy tale. Earlier this year, Salha, who …
Read More »News update on International Middle East Media Center
Bedouin Livestock Confiscated in the Jordan Valley Tuesday August 07, 2012 15:28 by Kelly Joiner – International Middle East Media Center Editorial Group & Agencies On Tuesday, Israeli occupation forces confiscated the livestock of Palestinian Bedouins in the Jordan Valley and placed them in an Israeli military camp. The …
Read More »Article in De Wereld Morgen.Be (Dutch)
Bedoeïenen in Palestina: bezetting door Israël leidt tot einde van een leefwijze August 2012 In juli 2012 trok Palestina Solidariteit opnieuw met een groep nieuwsgierigen richting Westelijke Jordaanoever op inleefreis. Ook de Jahalin Bedoeïenen kregen een bezoek. Dit is een minderheid van nomaden die in het conflict vaak wordt vergeten …
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