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Supreme Court Allows State to Replace Bedouin Village With Jewish One

Court rules that Umm al-Hiran in the northern Negev is built on state land, paving way for construction of Jewish community of Hiran.

Shirly Seidler May 06, 2015 1:14 AM


Umm al-Hiran. The government has decided to raze the Bedouin village in the Negev to make way for a
new Jewish community. Eliyahu Hershkovitz

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In November 2013, a number of families from the Abu Alkiyan clan, who live in the unrecognized community of Umm al-Hiran, filed a petition with the aid of Adalah – Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel, to prevent the demolition of their homes and the evacuation of the residents – after the cabinet approved the creation of Hiran and the demolition of their unrecognized village.

The petitioners claimed they did not squat on the land, but were transferred to the area in the Yattir Forest in 1956 by direct order of the military administration of the time. But now, their lands lie within the master plan of the Be’er Sheva metropolitan area. The government has never denied that the residents were moved to Umm al-Hiran by state authorities.

http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/1.655145

With the ever on-going exploitation of Arab Palestinians, the expansion of Jewish settlement moves inexorably on.