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Palestinian villagers have addressed the Guinness Book of World Records to register a ruinous “record”. A Bedouin village in Israel has been demolished 38 times by Israeli authorities, who say people in the village do not have building permits.
Al-Araqeeb village with population of 500 residents in the Negev claim their some 40 homes have been destroyed over three dozen times by Israel Land Administration. Residents of the Al-Turi Arab Bedouin tribe insist they are being pushed off their own land.
“We have ownership documents that go back to the Ottoman era,” the head of the Committee for the Defense of al-Araqeeb, Awad Abu Farih, stated to Anatolian news agency.
The residents believe that the village’s centuries-old cemetery could serve as strong evidence of their historic rights.
But since Israel was created 63 years ago, when the Ottoman Empire had already pushed up the daisies, Israeli officials have disregarded the antique documents and called for demolition teams over and over again.
Despite the unceasing governmental acts of destruction, the villagers remain firm and full of self-righteous belief, continuing to resist Israeli authorities.
“Every time they demolish our houses, we rebuild them and we will keep doing that even if the demolitions reach 99. We will never leave our land,” Abu Farih said.
Originally posted by satron
Strange. Here's an article saying the same village was destroyed 12 times since February 2011.
Bedouin village destroyed 12 times
Their so supposed land is not .. the native of that land were the palestnians
Originally posted by lonewolf19792000
reply to post by Ben81
Their so supposed land is not .. the native of that land were the palestnians
Not really. Palestinians are arabs. The predecessors were the Canaanites and they were exterminated long ago and nothing left of them remains. The Babylonians and Assyrians assimilated any survivors and they are no more. There were no Palestinians 3500 years ago. Palestine didn't exist until Caesar Hadrian plowed under Mt. Moriah and renamed Israel into Syriac Palestina and gave it to the Arabs as an insult to a conquered Israel.
History books are your friend.
Your smug attitude does you no credit. He's obviously speaking of the modern world, not 3500 years ago
Originally posted by Agent_USA_Supporter
reply to post by gravitational
Explain this map please.
Originally posted by gravitational
I see the hypocrite I Hate Israel (AKA HIHI) brigade is back.
Quickly, How many of you can tell me - without looking at the map - where Al-Araqeeb village is?
NO ?....Hmmm.....didn't think so.
What the heck do Bedouins have to do with “Palestinians” ?
Bedouins are Bedouins. They were nomads, hence “wandering the desert”, therefor, they never owned land, be it in Israel or anywhere in the Arab peninsula.
There are many Bedouin villages and towns in Israel which were legally built.
Al Araqeeb was not. It's an illegal village in the heart of Israel - despite numerous court rulings – repeatedly built with the help of left wing anarchists for their own political agenda. The Bedouins are just pawns in their dirty little game.
But you know this game all too well, don't you ?
It has nothing to do with “Palestinian lands” ethnically or geographically wise.
Now, move on to your next hate thread.
Originally posted by gravitational
reply to post by Ben81
No it wasn't. Several courts have made that decision after years of debates.
The Negev area is Israeli since 1948, and has nothing to do with 1967 war, Territories, and all that cr@p.
Try building your own unauthorized village in Ottawa and see how it ends up for you .