Archived – The Jahalin Bedouin Jahalin Solidarity
August 2012 Prof. Ismail Abu Saad, Bedouin academic: “The government planned this urbanisation process to fail. It is interested in controlling the people and keeping people poor, with a lot of social problems so that you’re busy all the time for survival; you don’t have time to think about anything …
Read More »Israeli settlements and their impact on Palestinians in the Jordan Valley- an oxfam briefing
August 2012 The Jordan Valley, in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, has the potential to be the breadbasket of any future Palestinian state. However, the persistent expansion of Israeli settlements and other restrictions on Palestinian development have made life extremely difficult for Palestinian communities. New plans to increase the land, water, …
Read More »Nomads no more: Israeli experts quibble on the fate of Negev's Bedouin- Ha'aretz
A government panel is busy creating a development plan for unrecognized Bedouin villages. The question is, are the Bedouin prepared to accept it? July 2012 “A government panel headed by Minister Benny Begin has in recent months been formulating a development program for the unrecognized Bedouin villages in the northern …
Read More »New UNRWA fact sheet on Jahalin
Israel freezes plan to move East Jerusalem Bedouin to site near garbage dump- Ha'aretz
Civil Administration pushed for plan’s approval, despite opposition from green, human rights groups June 29 2012 “The state has suspended a plan to forcibly relocate Bedouin from East Jerusalem to a site next to a city garbage dump. The state told the High Court of Justice two weeks ago it …
Read More »UK parliamentary debate about Area C- transcript
“Mr Frank Doran (Aberdeen North) (Lab): I am grateful for the opportunityto speak on the important issue of Area C in Palestine. Following the Osloagreement in 1995, the occupied Palestinian territories were divided into threeareas: Area A, about 18% of the west bank, contains most of the mainPalestinian settlements and …
Read More »Video- MEP Paul Murphy speaks against oppression of Jahalin Bedouin
Paul Murphy speaks against the oppression of the Jahalin Bedouins by the Israeli state. Demolition orders have been passed to destroy their homes in the Ma’ale Adumim settlement district. The Jahalin Bedouins are one of the poorest communities on the West Bank. The Israeli state plan to move them to …
Read More »European Parliament condemns Israel's policy toward Bedouin population- Ha'aretz
Human rights groups hail resolution as unprecedented; European Parliament calls on Israel to withdraw government-approved plan to regulate Bedouin communities in Negev. July 2012 The European Parliament passed a resolution on Thursday condemning Israel’s policy toward the Bedouin communities living in unrecognized settlements in the Negev Desert. Human rights …
Read More »Water torture- Ha'aretz
IDF confiscates water containers from Palestinians and Bedouins in Jordan Valley. July 2012 “Avi is an inspection coordinator for the “Civil Administration” – the occupation regime, to speak without euphemisms. Presumably Avi likes his job. Maybe he’s even proud of it.He doesn’t bother mentioning his last name in the forms …
Read More »Pack up your homes, people, the IDF needs to hold a drill- Ha'aretz
When the army needs to hold drills with live fire, the Bedouin of the Jordan Valley have to vacate their tent encampments. July 2012 “Amjed Zahweh is 10 days old. Last week, Civil Administration inspectors demolished his family’s tent in the Jordan Valley. Now he’s lying in his iron crib, …
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