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Negev Bedouins strike against Prawer plan

Talab al-Sana Al Ray Agencies | Nov 24, 2013 Negev, AA – Arab Bedouins in the Negev desert have started an all-out strike to protest Israel’s Prawer-Begin plan to relocate the Bedouin communities in the region. Arab Knesset member Talab al-Sana said that the Arab Bedouins in the Negev responded to a call by the […]

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Israel destroys Palestinian bedouin village al-Araqib for 62nd time

[ PIC 21/11/2013 – 03:03 PM ] NEGEV, (PIC)– Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) demolished on Wednesday the Bedouin village of al-Araqib, in the Negev in the southern 1948 occupied territories, for the 62nd time in a row since 2010. Hundreds of Israeli soldiers accompanied by military bulldozers abruptly raided the unrecognized village and started to […]

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#StopPrawerPlan | Israel planning to build five new settlements in Negev after expelling Bedouins

[ PIC 28/10/2013 – 11:37 AM ] NAZARETH, (PIC)– The Israeli ministry of construction and housing revealed that it was planning to build five new settlements in the Negev area between Beersheba and Dimona. The ministry said on Monday that the plan would be tabled with the government within the few coming days for endorsement. […]

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Israel demolishes Palestinian home in Negev

Ma’an News Agency | 24/10/2013 (updated) 25/10/2013 10:38 BEERSHEBA (Ma’an) — Israeli forces on Thursday demolished a Palestinian home south of Beersheba, a Ma’an reporter said. The house belonged to Muhammad al-Walidi from Bir al-Mashash village. Israeli bulldozers also demolished a solar panel, water tanks and a fence surrounding the home, claiming that the structures […]

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Gaza govt. calls for an international investigation into Palestinian refugees’ sinking

[ PIC 14/10/2013 – 08:15 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The Palestinian government in Gaza Strip has called for an international investigation into the sinking and death of hundreds of Palestinian refugees in incidents that took place recently in the Mediterranean sea. The government expressed its deep concern over the tragic incidents to dozens of Palestinian […]

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UFree calls on international community to protect Palestinian refugees

[ PIC 14/10/2013 – 08:40 PM ] OSLO, (PIC)– UFree Network to defend the rights of Palestinian prisoners and detainees expressed its deep concern over the tragic incident that befell dozens of Palestinian and Syrian refugees in the Mediterranean Sea. It said in a statement on Sunday that the refugees were fleeing the persistent shelling […]

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Aid watchdog urges ‘profound changes’ to UK support for Palestinian refugees

DRAH – Oct 5, 2013 Gaza,(DRAH.ps)– Independent commission warns of potential problems as rising refugee numbers and Syria conflict overburden service delivery The effectiveness of British support for UN efforts to help Palestinian refugees could be at risk unless “profound changes” are made, according to a new report from the UK aid watchdog (pdf) that […]

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VIDEO | Palestinian village destroyed for the fourth time by Israel

Published on Oct 3, 2013 Israeli bulldozers alongside military jeeps entered the village at 2.30am and evacuated the residents before destroying the village. They further seized 2 tents and confiscated all materials that had been provided to them by European Humanitarian aid agencies. Video by PressTV Related News How to keep watching @PressTV Full text […]

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Israel’s Forced Transfer of Bedouins a “Prosecutable War Crime”, says HRW

DRAH | Sept 28, 2013 Gaza,(DRAH.ps)– Human Rights Watch has condemned Israel’s forced transfer of Bedouin families in the occupied West Bank, describing it as a “prosecutable war crime.”  “The Israeli military should end its unjustified attempts to forcibly remove a decades-old community,” the rights organization’s Middle East director, Joe Stork, said in a statement on […]

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Law preventing Palestinians from owning property in Lebanon threatens thousands

[ PIC 25/09/2013 – 06:04 PM ] BEIRUT, (PIC)– A law preventing Palestinians from owning property in Lebanon was passed in March 2001, and stated that “It is not allowed to own a property of any kind for any person who does not carry a citizenship issued by a recognized state or for any person […]

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Refugees of Palestine – in pictures

SPECIAL TOPIC Related News and Resources Category Refugees | For Related News Palestinian Refugees | Factsheet Right to Return | Factsheet Whereabouts of Palestinians | Report Ethnic Cleansing | Special Topic Internal Displacement in Palestine Life in Refugee Camps Palestinian Refugee Camps Refugee & IDP Rights Sands of Sorrow |  video Study proves living conditions […]

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Israeli official warn Prawer plan will displace 100,000 Bedouins

Al Ray Agencies | Sept 19, 2013 Jerusalem, Agencies – Former Deputy Director of the Bedouin administration Eli Atzmon has warned that the implementation of the Prawer-Begin bill will lead to the eviction of 100,000 Bedouin from their homes in the Negev in southern Israel. During a conference organized by Jewish-Arab coalition Shutafut Sharakah, Atzmon […]

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Israel occupation seize Red Cross tents brought for homeless villagers of Khirbet Makhool

[ PIC 19/09/2013 – 09:35 AM ] THE JORDAN VALLEY, (PIC)– The displaced Palestinian families of Khirbet Makhool hamlet in the Jordan Valley clashed on Wednesday with invading Israeli soldiers after they confiscated tents brought for those families by the Red Cross. Red Cross workers were distributing tents to the homeless people of Khirbet Makhool […]

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Israeli occupation troops force 100 citizens to abandon their homes

[ PIC 17/09/2013 – 07:48 PM ] JORDDAN VALLEY, (PIC)– Around one hundred Palestinians were forced to abandon their homes in two hamlets in the northern Jordan Valley to make way for Israeli military exercises on Tuesday. Walid Daraghme, a citizen in one of the hamlets, told the PIC reporter that Israeli occupation forces cordoned […]

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Israeli occupation forces destroy Khirbet Makhoul in Jordan Valley

[ PIC 16/09/2013 – 09:55 AM ] JORDAN VALLEY, (PIC)– The Israeli bulldozers demolished on Monday morning Palestinian houses in Khirbet Makhoul in Wadi al-Maleh in northern Jordan Valley. Local sources said that Israeli bulldozers escorted by Israeli Civil Administration teams and Israeli soldiers started demolishing the houses in the area without prior warning. The […]

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