Bedouin houses destroyed by Israeli authorities in Negev

Maan News Agency reports that four houses belonging to Bedouin families in the Negev have been destroyed by Israeli authorities. The authorities have cited lack of building permits as the reason behind the demolition.

As part of the Apartheid policies of the Israeli state, obtaining building permits is virtually impossible for Arab inhabitants of Israel. Thus most houses built by Arabs are subject to demolition at any point, enabling the authorities to blackmail entire communities. In this cases, the Bedouins of the southern town of Bir Hadaj claim that the demolition was ordered as negotiations on grazing rights for the Bedouins' sheep herds have broken down.

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Negev in uproar, thousands protest atrocities in Gaza

Thousands of Arabs with Israeli citizenships gathered in the Negev, to protest the ongoing aggression against the people of Gaza. The protest is one of around 130 protest actions organized by the Arab Higher Monitoring Committee since the beginning of the Gaza massacre.

At the rally, Knesset member Talab El-Sana (of the now prohibited Ra'am-Ta'al alliance) demanded that the Israeli leaders be sent to The Hague to face war crimes trials.

Source: ynet, Photos and report at Arabs 48.