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Israeli authorities destroyed around 50 homes belonging to Bedouins in the Negev desert on Wednesday, AFP reported, with Israel’s far-right national security minister saying they were “illegal constructions”.
Bulldozers flattened the houses in the Wadi al-Khalil village, sparking anger among members of its 500-strong community. Resident Sleiman Abu Asa said:
There are more than 500 people here. (Now) the children and the women have nowhere else to go … They are demolishing our homes, leaving us stranded outside.
We don’t deserve this. We’ve sought a solution for years, hoping for a fair resolution, yet the state has obstructed all our options.
An entire village was wiped out just because its inhabitants are Arab [and] … under the pretext of unlicensed construction …
[Israel] doesn’t allow [Bedouin] citizens to obtain building permits and then demolishes their homes under the pretext of a lack of permits.
