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Negev

Negev Prison is like ‘Guantanamo Bay’ – Israel Re-Detains Moaz Abayat
By Palestine Chronicle Staff “Negev Prison is like Guantanamo Bay. Everything is beyond what the mind can imagine.” – Moaz Abayat following his release in July. Israeli forces have re-detained Moaz Khalil Abayat after […]

Israeli Police Detain 40 Palestinians during Protests in Naqab (VIDEO)
Israeli police carried out a wide-scale detention campaign across al-Naqab (Negev) on Tuesday, detaining more than 40 Palestinians, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. Eyewitnesses confirmed that Israeli police conducted the mass detention campaign […]

Pro-Settler Group Demands Israeli Army, Shin Bet to Stop Protests in Negev
Extremist Jewish pro-settler group Regavim demanded, on Thursday, the Israeli army and the Shin Bet security service to end protests by Bedouin residents of the Naqab (Negev) desert region against planting trees on Palestinian land, […]

Negev Residents: Israel is Trying to Steal More Palestinian Land (VIDEO)
Palestinian citizens of Israel living in the Negev area say that Israel is trying to take even more of their land, Anadolu news agency reported. While Israeli media have reported that the Jewish National Fund […]

Palestinian Government Accuses Israel of Committing Crimes in Negev
The Palestinian government, on Wednesday, accused Israel of committing crimes against Palestinians in the Negev region, Anadolu News Agency reported. “The crimes of the occupying state in Negev are an extension of its war on […]

WATCH: Israeli Forces Arrest 16 Palestinians, Including Minor, while Razing Bedouin Village
Israeli occupation forces arrested 16 civilians, including a minor and three women, from the village of Al-Atrash in the Negev desert, the Palestinian Information Centre reported. Al-Jarmaq reporter: The Israeli forces arrested the two young […]

Israeli Knesset Member Says Palestinian Bedouins ‘Pollute Our Country’
Knesset member and chairman of right-wing Israeli party Otzma Yehudit has described Bedouin citizens in the Negev Desert as ‘dirty’ and said that they ‘pollute our country’. Itamar Ben-Gvir’s comments were made in reference to […]

Israel Bans Islamic Movement Leader from Praying at Al-Aqsa Mosque
Israeli occupation forces yesterday banned Member of the Higher Committee for Arabs of the Negev, Sheikh Osama Al-Uqbi, from praying at Al-Aqsa Mosque for one week, Arab48 reported. During this time, Sheikh Al-Uqbi will be […]

Israel Charges Al Araqeeb Residents $0.5m to Cover Cost of Demolition of Their Village (VIDEOS)
Arab Bedouins living in the “unrecognized” village of Al-Araqeeb have been ordered to pay 1.6 million shekels ($0.46 million) to cover the cost of the Israeli occupation’s demolition of their homes. Al-Araqeeb was demolished for […]

Israel Demolishes Al-Araqeeb for 145th Times (VIDEO)
Israeli occupation forces this morning demolished the Arab village of Al-Araqeeb in the Negev, south of Israel, for the 145th time, Arab48 reported. Local witnesses said that Israeli forces raided the village in the morning, protecting bulldozers […]

Israel Demolishes Al-Araqeeb Bedouin Village for 142nd Time
Israeli bulldozers demolished the Bedouin village of Al-Araqeeb in the Negev desert in southern Israel for the 142nd time, on Thursday. Locals reported that Israeli bulldozers, escorted by Israeli police forces, demolished residential structures and […]

Palestinians Urge Israeli Supreme Court to Halt ‘Dangerous’ Phosphate Mine in Negev
Bedouin Palestinian families, along with Israeli human rights groups, have urged the country’s Supreme Court to halt the construction of “dangerous” phosphate mine in the Naqab (Negev) desert. Legal rights center Adalah, a number of Bedouin […]

Israel Demolishes Bedouin Village Al-Araqeeb for 139th Time
Israeli bulldozers demolished the Bedouin village of Al-Araqeeb in the Negev desert for the 139th time yesterday morning. Villagers of Al-Araqeeb reported that Israeli forces and the “Yoav” unit from the Israeli Negev Development Authority […]

Israel to Displace 36,000 Arabs in the Negev Region
Israeli Agriculture and Negev Development Minister Ori Ariel has completed a plan to displace about 36,000 Arabs from their “unrecognized” villages in the Negev (Naqab) region, Arab48 reported yesterday. Reporting Israel Hayom, Arab48 said that the Israeli government is to […]

Israeli Minister: ‘The Only National State that Can Exist in Israel is the Zionist State’
Israeli Housing Minister Yoav Gallant vowed yesterday that “the only national state that can exist in Israel is the Zionist state”. Gallant, who hails from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ruling Likud party, made the remarks […]

Israeli Police Cleared over Shooting of Arab Teacher in Umm al-Hiran
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Israeli policemen have been cleared over of the shooting dead of an Arab teacher of the Negev village of Umm al-Hiran a year ago. The public security minister and the police […]

Israeli Police Close Probe into January Killing of Palestinian Teacher (VIDEO)
The Israeli Police Investigations Division (PID) has decided to close its probe into the January police killing of Palestinian math teacher Yaqoub Abu al-Qian, and to not hold any officers responsible for his death, Adalah […]