Israel approves plan to uproot 30,000 Bedouins

[Ken Burch]

http://972mag.com/israel-approves-plan-to-uproot-30000-bedouins/

(snip)

This morning, Israel authorized the controversial “Prawer Plan” concerning the resettlement of Bedouins in the Negev Desert.

Authored by Ehud Prawer, head of the Policy Planning Department at the Prime Minister’s Office, the report contradicts an earlier report on how to resolve settlement issues in the Negev desert. The first report, penned by former Justice Eliezer Goldberg, demanded that Israel make every attempt to respect Bedouins living in the Negev, noting in particular the need to allow them to remain in their villages and homes.

The Prawer report, which has been criticized by the Israeli civil liberties outfit, the Association of Civil Rights in Israel, has proposed that as many as 30,000 Bedouins be removed from their homes and villages, against their will and for little reason. Removal has been approved by the government according to a report in today’s edition of Haaretz (Hebrew).

The decision to evacuate as many as 30,000 Bedouins and relocate them to large Bedouin towns such as Rahat has been called by some a “declaration of war on the Bedouin.” It is actually a long time coming if the experience of the Bedouin village of al Arakib is any indication. The village has been destroyed almost 30 times by Israel in an effort to make way for a new Jewish National Fund forest in its place.

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These are not terrorists...they harm no one...all they're guilty of doing is living where they've always lived...this is NOT necessary for Israel's survival.

[Hardrada]

1. Typical of that vile government.

[Ken Burch]

2. A government unworthy of those it claims to represent.

There's no reason to do anything to the Bedouins at all. They have never been a threat to Israel's security or survival.

[aquart]

3. I can't imagine the Bedouins will take this well.

I know I wouldn't.

But about the "harm no one"....a side business of arms smuggling, a few rocket grenade launchers... Try to stifle the noble savage nonsense. They're players even if minor ones.

But they are such a thorn in Egypt's side I think it's damned silly to annoy them now.

[Ken Burch]

5. Why can't they just be left alone, though?

It's not as though treating them like this would make them stop doing the things you say they do...and you can't hold ALL Bedouins responsible for what the worst among them do. The handful who smuggle arms are "players"...not the Bedouins as a bloc.

This is a no-brainer...leave them be...it IS that simple.

[Angry Dragon]

4. The Us government should stop all foreign aid to Israel

if they go through with this

Is this the future of the world, to round up everyone that
we do not like and put them in camps??

[msongs]

6. when that sort of thing was called lebensraum the isrealites didn't like it, but now it's ok again n

[Ken Burch]

7. It's "Israelite", not "Isrealite"

The deliberate mispelling of the country's name as "Isreal" is some sort of extremist pro-Iranian thing...and to be avoided if you're sincere about trying to help the Bedouins or the Palestinians.

And not every "Israelite" agrees with what's being done here. Be careful of your language...especially if you're going to talk about "lebensraum".

You could have made your point without phrasing it the way you did.

[azurnoir]

8. a bit more about Rahat

the current wiki picture of Rahat taken from a hilltop above the town, it appears a pastoral village why the photo could have been taken by the Israeli Bureau of Tourism the picture was an August 22 edit of the original

This page was last modified on 1 September 2011 at 22:54.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rahat

this is the original taken from a bit closer up it presents shall we say a different view altogether we'll view the wiki page prior to edit

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rahat&oldid=443659646