Originally published by Al Jazeera – March 25, 2015 By Lena Odgaard Abu Dis, occupied West Bank – In the middle of a small campsite consisting of two tin shacks, a group of men and women huddled around a fire burning in a barrel – oblivious to the gathering rainclouds and the …
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Read More »April 2012 Plans to move entire communities and put them in townships would deprive them of their livelihood and land rights “An estimated 70,000 people currently live in 45 unrecognised Bedouin villages in the Negev [REUTERS] Beer-Sheva, Israel – “It is not every day that a government decides to relocate almost …
Read More »Traditional Bedouin communities are at a “breaking point” in Israel and Palestine. They now face an impossible dilemma. March 2011 “Amid the rubble of Al-Aizariya you can see the fruits of compromise. This shanty town of 3,000 Jahalin Bedouin lies just south of Jerusalem, a short walk from the …
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