Archived – The Jahalin Bedouin Jahalin Solidarity
February 13 2012 “[…] Israeli activity against Negev Beduin and Palestinians in both east Jerusalem and Area C of the West Bank “are the new frontiers of dispossession of the traditional inhabitants and the implementation of a strategy of Judaization and control of the territory,” said Raquel Rolnik, a special …
Read More »Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing- Press release and statement
February 12 2012 “[…] According to Ms. Rolnik, the plans for relocating Bedouins in the Negev – inside Israel – as well as decades of promotion of Jewish settlements in the West Bank and in Palestinian neighbourhoods in East Jerusalem – “are the new frontiers of dispossession of traditional inhabitants, …
Read More »2,600 Bedouins threatened with displacement as Israeli settlements expand- by Electronic Intifada
February 7 2012 “[…] Though the settlement development project was temporarily postponed in 2008 due to disapproval from the United States, Israel has long planned on emptying the space of its Palestinian inhabitants in order to implement the plan. Many of these communities have been displaced several times since the 1970s …
Read More »Europe to pursue Area C projects – short news video
Janary 12 2012 Link: Europe to pursue Area C projects
Read More »Amnesty International: "Israeli defence minister Ehud Barak should cancel military plans to forcibly displace around 2,300 Bedouin…"
February 8 2012 Israel: Cancel plan to forcibly displace Jahalin Bedouin communities Thousands of Jahlain Bedouins face displacement to live next to garbage dump © Amnesty International “Israeli defence minister Ehud Barak should cancel military plans to forcibly displace around 2,300 Bedouin residents of the West Bank to an …
Read More »Ha'aretz: Bedouin community wins reprieve from forcible relocation to Jerusalem garbage dump
February 6 2012 Sources say change in plans follows a visit to the Jahalin encampment at Khan al-Ahmar in the West Bank last week of the coordinator of government activities in the territories The Bedouin community that lives just east of Jerusalem will not be required to move next to …
Read More »Article in NENA (Italian) following the visit of former prime minister Massimo D'Alema
February 4 (Febarraio) 2012 AIUTACI A SALVARE LA VITA DEI BAMBINI PALESTINESI SCUOLA GOMME: SOSPESA NON REVOCATA DEMOLIZIONE Una buona notizia ma solo a metà. Israele ha sospeso la distruzione della scuola per i bambini beduini costruita da “Vento di Terra”. L’ordine di demolizione però non è revocato. La scuola …
Read More »Protection of Civilians Weekly Report 4-10 JANUARY 2012
“Access to Khan al Ahmar blocked This week, the Israeli authorities closed the main entrance of the herding community of Khan al Ahmar in the Jerusalem area, by installing roadblocks and side rails along Road #1. This closure not only blocks the access of Khan al Ahmar residents to the …
Read More »EU on verge of abandoning hope for a viable Palestinian state- by The Independent
January 31 2012 Israel’s foreign ministry denied that Israeli settlers were taking water resources from the West Bank The Palestinian presence in the largest part of the occupied West Bank – has been, “continuously undermined” by Israel in ways that are “closing the window” on a two-state solution, according to …
Read More »"A Report on Theft and Harassment"- by Rabbis for Human Rights
November 1 2011 Khan al-Ahmar Read about demolitions in the Bedouin encampment of Khan al-Ahmar, which is located between Kfar Adumim and Ramallah. All the Bedouin encampments in this area are in danger of expulsion. Three houses of wood and tin, belonging to 3 brothers were demolished on October 31st. The …
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