Thousands to take part in global anti-Israel protest
Bedouin
protesters gather during a demonstration against the Israeli
government's plans to relocate Bedouins in the Negev desert on August 1,
2013.
Thousands
of people within the Palestinian territories and around the world are
planning large-scale demonstrations against Israel’s plan to relocate
Palestinian Bedouins living in Negev Desert.
The demonstration
was scheduled for Saturday afternoon, in what the activists describe as
the international Day of Rage against Tel Aviv’s Prawer Plan.Under the plan, approved by Israel’s Knesset in June, some 40 Bedouin villages will be destroyed and over 70,000 Palestinian Bedouins living in Negev Desert will be relocated.
Demonstrations are expected to be held in 25 cities including Berlin, Cairo, Gaza, as well as in the occupied Palestinian territories. The central demonstration will be staged in Negev.
The plan also allows Israeli security forces to use force in the expulsion of Palestinian Bedouins from their homes.
It will also authorize the arrest and imprisonment of any Palestinian up to two years for violating the law.
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Bedouins in Israel Protest Plan to Regulate Settlement
By ISABEL KERSHNER
Published: November 30, 2013
JERUSALEM — Thousands of Bedouins and their supporters demonstrated in various locations across Israel
on Saturday against a government plan to regulate Bedouin settlement in
the Negev desert, and some protesters clashed with the police.
In scenes reminiscent of the Palestinian
uprisings in the West Bank, protesters hurled stones at police forces,
burned tires and blocked a main road for hours near the Bedouin town of
Hura in the Negev. The police used water cannons, tear gas and sound
grenades to disperse the demonstrators.
Smaller protests were held in the northern cities of Haifa and Taibeh and in Israeli-annexed East Jerusalem.
Altogether,
about 15 police officers were injured by stones and at least 28
protesters were arrested, said Micky Rosenfeld, a police spokesman. One
officer was stabbed in the leg in Haifa, Mr. Rosenfeld said.
Activists
had called for the protests as part of an international “day of rage”
against the plan, known as the Prawer-Begin plan for the Israeli
officials who devised its main principles.
A bill that would turn the plan into law is expected to be brought to a final vote during the winter session of Parliament.
Intended
to resolve a land dispute between the Bedouins and the authorities that
has been simmering since the foundation of the state of Israel in 1948,
the plan proposes a mechanism to deal with land ownership claims and
compensation. It also calls for the evacuation of 35 Bedouin villages
that are not recognized by the state and the resettlement of the
residents in existing or new towns.
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