Violent clashes were reported anew in the Negev late Thursday evening after Israeli police forces brutally suppressed a Palestinian march at the entrance to Sa’wat al-Atrash village in Negev.
Local residents responded by throwing stones at the police forces as tension continues to spread among local residents in protest against Israeli displacement policies.
Meanwhile clashes erupted in Palestinian towns of Tel Sheva Kafr Kana and Shaqib al-Salam within the Green Line when Israeli police forces suppressed peaceful protests in solidarity with Palestinians in the Negev villages.
Since the start of the week the situation had spun out of control in Negev especially in Al-Atrash village after Israeli forces intensified attack and arrests against the local residents protesting Israeli displacement and confiscation policies.
During the attack Israeli police forces fired rubber bullets and stun grenades at the local residents and prevented their access to their confiscated lands.
Al-Atrash is one of several Bedouin villages in the Negev desert which are “unrecognized” by Israel.
