Israeli bulldozers on Wednesday morning demolished the Bedouin village of al-Araqib in the Negev desert in southern Israel for the 122nd time leaving all the families in the village homeless.
According to the PIC reporter the bulldozers broke into the village early today and started the demolition process after Israeli police closed all entrances leading to the area.
Residents of the al-Araqib have rebuilt the village 121 times after each demolition the latest of which was in November 17th.
The residents were ordered to compensate Israel for its routine demolition costs in the village.
Al-Araqib is one of 45 Bedouin villages considered “unrecognized” by the Israeli authorities.
Right groups say that the demolition of unrecognized Bedouin villages is a central Israeli policy aimed at removing the indigenous Palestinian population from the Negev and transferring them to government-zoned townships to make room for the expansion of Jewish-only towns.
