Bedouin 2/18/2008

Israel could well make allies of the Bedouin and indeed in varous times in its history it has done so. Now though, human rights issues relating to the Beduoin keep on arising. Here, for instance is the latest RHR-Israel report of activities against the Bedouin:

"The IDF's efforts to expel the Bedouin residents of El Hadidiyya continue. Hadidiyya is located in the Jordan valley (see Don't say #s 57 and 69). On Wednesday, February 6th, 2008, the IDF demolished homes and animal sheds belonging to four families. Thirty-four people, mostly children, were made homeless. On the same day, the IDF demolished the homes and animal sheds of five Palestinian families in Jiftlik in the Jordan valley. Nearly forty people were thus made homeless. On Tuesday, 5th February, 2008, police forces arrived in Twayyel Abu Jarawal in the Negev, and demolished the village's tents for the fourteenth time."