Israel's Arabs join housing protest

[Mosby]

Arab residents set up tents Wednesday in the northern town of Baqa al-Gharbiyye, thereby joining the nationwide public protest against skyrocketing housing prices in Israel.

The activists, including the city's Public Committee and a local youth movement, were also protesting against the destruction of Arab homes and rise of land prices.

Posters hung on the tents read: "Instead of overpricing – invest," "Bibi, we too deserve affordable housing," and "Bibi, look at us too."

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4101149,00.html

[Ken Burch]

1. Good. Maybe class will finally defeat nationalism in this place.

That's going to be the only real way to end the war, most likely.

And Bibi will probably respond by destroying MORE Bedouin villages in the Negev.

[azurnoir]

2. on that thought did you catch this?

Israel sues 34 Bedouin for costs of repeated demolitions of their homes

Unprecedented law suit seeks NIS 1.8 million in damages from Negev Bedouin; Israel Lands Administration says defendants built homes on land belonging to the state.

http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/israel-sues-34-bedouin-for-costs-of-repeated-demolitions-of-their-homes-1.375439

[Ken Burch]

3. Ahhh...the old "add insult to injury" move. Gotta love it.

n/t.