This week, Mansour Nsasra read a statement on behalf of the Negev Coexistence Forum (NCF) during the 11th Session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous issues in New York. Nsasra’s statement focused on Israel’s intensified efforts to displace the indigenous Bedouin from their ancestral land, and in particular, to the government’s recently passed Prawer-Amidror Plan, which would displace 30,000 Bedouin citizens from their homes and villages throughout the Negev.

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• JNF prepares land for planting in Al Arakib
• CALL FOR ACTION: Stop JNF forestation over Bedouin villages
• Film screening at the Multaka-Mifgash

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Press Release

The Jewish National Fund (JNF-KKL) broke its promise today, and resumed working on land belonging to the residents of the Bedouin village of Al Arakib.

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Rabbis for Human Rights (RHR) has launched a letter-writing campaign, urging the Jewish National Fund (JNF/KKL) to stop foresting over Bedouin villages in the Negev. In particular, the JNF is working to build a forest over the unrecognized Bedouin village of Al Arakib, which has been demolished 34 times since July 2010. JNF bulldozers have been seen on village lands as recently as April 29, preparing the ground for planting.
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When a peace agreement with the Palestinians is not in sight and the two states solution becomes more and more fictional, the calls for the establishment of one state becomes louder and louder. In Israel and in Palestine, the call for one state is heard from groups and organizations across the political spectrum.

On Wednesday, May 9th, 8 pm, the Multaka-Mifgash, Arab-Jewish cultural center will host a discussion on the one state solution which inflames the Israeli and the Palestinian political systems.

Participants:

Mosi Raz, former MK from Merez party
Avner Dinur, Jewish thought lecturer in Sapir college
Thabet Abu-Rass, Adala
Attorney Ifat Solel, member of the Meretz party administration

Multaka-Mifgash, Arab-Jewish cultural center in the Negev, number 7 King Solomon Street, Be’er-Sheva.
For further details: Noam 054-5203748
The discussion will be held in Hebrew

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• JNF expected to resume work in Al Arakib
• Demonstration at JNF offices in Jerusalem
• NCF submits report to CCPR

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In late April, NCF submitted a report outlining Israel’s violations of the rights of its Bedouin citizens under the United Nations’ International Convenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR).

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• Al Arakib demolished for 34th time
• State appeal to re-instate demolition orders in Al Sira postponed
• Ha’aretz: New Israeli police unit to enforce demolitions in Bedouin villages
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27.04.2012

Content

• KKL-JNF works again in the lands of the village of Al-Arakib – Protest in Jerusalem
• International Workers’ Day events at the Multaka-Mifgash: Workers of the world, unite! Movies, panels and lectures
• Event at the Multaka-Mifgash – The one state solution – a utopia or a dangerous illusion?
• NCFs’ Activities Report for the year of 2011 is published
• Two important articles on the issue of the legal procedure of land claiming were published last week
• The village of Al-Arakib was demolished again – the struggle continues – weekly protest every Sunday

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20.04.2012

Content

• International Workers’ Day events at the Multaka-Mifgash: Workers of the world, unite! Movies, panels and lectures
• Event at the Multaka-Mifgash – The one state solution – a utopia or a dangerous illusion?
• Ha’aretz reports: New Police Force will Enforce Demolition Orders in the Negev
• The village of Al-Arakib was demolished again – the struggle continues – weekly protest every Sunday

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