Palestine
Israel razes Negev Bedouin village —for 86th time
Bulldozers backed by Israeli forces destroyed the "unrecognized" Bedouin village of al-Araqib in the Negev Desert for the 86th time in the last four years.
Tag: Bedouin
Palestine
Israeli court approves Bedouin land confiscation
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Palestine
Bedouin under attack from Sinai to Hebron
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Greater Middle East
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Palestine
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Palestine
Israel demolishes Bedouin homes east of Jerusalem
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Greater Middle East
Egypt: jihad against feloul?
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Palestine
Bedouin homes demolished in West Bank, Negev
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Greater Middle East
Did climate change spark Syria crisis?
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Greater Middle East
Egypt: 25 soldiers killed by militants in Sinai
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Palestine
Egypt: Israeli drone strike on Sinai peninsula?
Egyptian militant group Ansar Beit al-Maqdis claimed that a strike that killed four of its fighters in the Sinai peninsula was carried out by an Israeli drone.
Palestine
Israel razes Bedouin village —again
Israeli forces used bulldozers to demolish the “unrecognized” Bedouin village of al-Araqeeb in the Negev desert—amid protests over a Knesset bill that would expropriate Bedouin lands.