Is there also still home demolitions and spraying of crops by the Israeli government?
Due to Israel’s relocation policy, home demolitions have intensified. One village was demolished for the 10th time recently. The Regional Council of the Unrecognized Villages led efforts to protest, called for negotiations and final settlement, which would recognize land rights and end the measure of house demolitions. The second disturbing trends that we are noticing today in the Negev is the settlement plan of the Jewish National Fund (JNF-KKL) and the Israeli government in partnership with the Or Movement and Daromato settle the Negev. They argue, “Only 8% of the population is living on 60% of the land base of Israel. We need to redeem these lands and to stop further Bedouin encroachment. We need young pioneers to settle Israel’s ‘Last Frontier,’ to preserve Jewish contiguity throughout the land, and break apart the contiguously linked territorial belt between Bedouin communities inside the enclosure zone where Bedouin take up 22% of the Negev.” The “enclosure zone” where Negev Bedo
