The Negev - "Jerusalem" dot com - Today, Sunday, the Israeli occupation authorities, with the protection of reinforced police forces, demolished the homes of the residents of the village of Al-Araqib , which is denied recognition and threatened with uprooting and displacement in the Negev, in the 48 lands, for the 211th time in a row, since its first demolition on July 27. 2010.

On December 5, the occupation authorities demolished Al-Araqib homes for the 210th time.

This is the 15th time that the Israeli authorities have demolished the village of Al-Araqib, in a row, since the beginning of 2022, after demolishing it 14 times in the past year 2021.

The people of Al-Araqib re-erect their tents every time, made of wood and nylon cover, to protect them from the bitter cold in the winter and the scorching heat in the summer, and to confront plans to uproot them and displace them from their land. and expelling them from their lands.

There are 22 families left in the village, numbering about 86 people, who live from livestock breeding and desert agriculture. In the 1970s, residents were able, according to the laws and conditions of the Israeli authorities, to prove their right to ownership of 1,250 dunums out of thousands of dunums of land. In addition to Al-Araqib, Palestinian villages are fighting each other. Deprived of recognition in the Negev region, plans of uprooting and displacement imposed on it on a daily basis.