OCCUPIED JERUSALEM (PIC)– Israeli occupation policemen arrested seven inhabitants of the Araqib village that was wiped off the map in the Negev for the second time on Wednesday.
Radio Israel said that the police force detained the citizens after they objected to the destruction of their village for the second time adding that secretary of the democratic front for peace and equality Ayman Odeh was among the detainees.
Palestinian minister of public works and housing in Gaza Yousef Mansi denounced the Israeli demolition of Palestinian houses in the Negev.
He urged the world community in a press release on Wednesday to pressure Israel into desisting from its systematic policy against the Palestinians in the Negev.
The minister charged that the policy of razing Palestinian houses was part of a scheme to forcibly evict Palestinians from the region and pave the way for establishing Israeli projects.
