Israel's invisible villages: towards the disappearance of the Negev Bedouin?
Résumé
The village of al-Araqib, near Beer Sheva, illustrates the situation of around forty “unrecognized” Bedouin villages in the Negev desert, South of Israel, and the different policies established by the Israeli State since its creation to control the Bedouin presence, in particular by concentrating the Bedouins in towns and declaring their land state property.
Evacuated in 1951 by military order, the inhabitants of al-Araqib came back on their land at the end of the 90’s; considered as illegal, the village has been regularly destroyed since 2010 and is threatened by new legislations such as the Prawer Plan.
Reduced to only few families, the residents of al-Araqib struggle for the survival of their village and the right to remain on their land, referring notably to “sumud”, the fact of ensuring a presence on the ground and holding on despite difficulties.
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