" ... Adalah, the legal centre for Arab minority rights in Israel says Prawer would be “the largest single act of forced displacement of Arab citizens of Israel since the 1950s”. According to the group, “If Israel applied the same criteria for planning and development that exist in the Jewish rural sector, all 35 unrecognised villages would be recognized where they are.” The Bedouin are often slandered in Israel as “criminal” and “uncivilized” nomads. In fact Arab Bedouin have lived in villages since at least the 16th century, long before Israel ever existed. Most of the “unrecognised” villages (which Israel’s racist state structure refuses to connect to services like water electricity, sewage, education, health care and roads) in fact pre-date the state of Israel itself. While the world’s media focuses on the sham that is the supposed peace talks between Israeli politicians and the subservient quislings of the Palestinian Authority, a massive new wave of Israeli expulsions is about to take place ... "
Posted on: Fri, 09 Aug 2013 22:23:09 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015