The Israeli authorities demolished on Thursday the Palestinian Bedouin village of al-Araqib in the Negev for the 194th time.
A large troop of Israeli forces stormed the village and demolished homes and tents said Ahmed Khalil Abu Madigham head of the Committee for the Defense of al-Araqib.
Homes in al-Araqib which are inhabited by 22 Palestinian families are built of wood plastic and corrugated iron.
Madigham further called for “supporting the village and its people in face of Israeli displacement plans stressing that “these Israeli practices will not deter us from staying steadfast on our land.”
The village was first destroyed in 2010. Israeli authorities claim that the site where it is located falls under “state land.”
Zochrot a Tel Aviv-based NGO said in a recent report that al-Araqib village was first built during the Ottoman period and its lands were purchased by residents.
Israeli authorities seek to seize control of the lands and expel its residents with dozens of villages and Bedouin communities facing the same threat in the Negev area according to Zochrot.
