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Horrific Details about Palestinian Detainees in Naqab Revealed – CNN
The whistleblowers described a routine search when the guards would unleash large dogs on sleeping detainees. Three Israeli whistleblowers working at the Sde Teiman detention camp in Israel, have revealed systemic abuses by the military, […]
Largest Demolition in Years – Israel Destroys 47 Palestinian Homes in the Naqab
By Palestine Chronicle Staff Israeli police closed off the area in the early hours of the morning, to prevent protesters from gathering. In the largest demolition in years, Israeli occupation forces demolished 47 homes […]
‘Response to Massacres’ – Three Settlers Injured in Stabbing Operation in Naqab (VIDEOS)
By Palestine Chronicle Staff UPDATE: The Israeli army said in a statement that a first sergeant was killed as a result of the Beit Kama stabbing operation. Three Jewish settlers were injured on Thursday […]
Israeli Authorities Demolish Five Palestinian Homes in Naqab
Israeli authorities on Monday demolished five homes owned by Palestinians on the outskirts of Arara village in the Naqab desert, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. Local sources told WAFA that the five homes […]
Israeli Forces Destroy Palestinian Village of Al-Araqeeb for 211th Time
Israeli forces on Sunday destroyed the Palestinian village of Al-Araqeeb for the 15th time this year, according to local Palestinian reports. Israeli forces raided homes and forcibly removed its residents, including women and children, and […]
Palestinian Prisoner Suspends Hunger Strike after Reaching Deal with Israel
A Palestinian prisoner suspended his 27-day-long hunger strike on Friday, after reaching a deal with Israeli authorities, according to the Prisoners Affairs Commission. Hassan Abed-Rabbu, the spokesperson for the Commission, said that Samer Issawi suspended […]
Palestinian Bedouins Warn of Israeli Campaign to Displace Them, Judaize Naqab Area
The Higher Steering Committee for Arabs in the Negev (HSCAN) has warned of a “frantic” Israeli campaign to Judaize the Naqab desert and displace its indigenous Bedouin population, the Middle East Monitor reported. The statement […]
Israeli Court Orders Police to Return Confiscated Gun to Extremist Settler
An Israeli court in Beersheba has ordered the police to return a personal weapon that was confiscated during a demonstration in the Naqab area to Jewish settler Zvi Sukkot, Israeli media reported. According to the Hebrew […]
Undercover Israeli Forces Kill Arab City Resident in Naqab Area
An undercover Israeli police unit shot and killed this morning a 27-year-old resident of the Arab city of Rahat, in the Naqab area, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. Local reporters told WAFA that […]
Israel to Approve New Housing Units in Naqab
Israel is due to approve a plan to build new housing projects in the southern Naqab (Negev) desert region, Yedioth Ahronoth reported on Thursday. According to the Israeli newspaper, housing for 2,200 Israeli families will […]
Israel Planned Forceful Removal of Palestinian Bedouins in Naqab, Documents Reveal
Newly- studied archives showing Israel’s intention to forcibly displace thousands of Palestinians from the Naqab Desert could help Bedouin communities claim back their lands, Israeli media reported on Monday. Professor Gadi Algazi, a historian from […]
Greenwashing Provides Cover for Zionist Settler-Colonialism
By Omar Zahzah It is a phrase from a longer piece by the Palestinian nationalist poet Mahmoud Darwish that has been frequently cited in standalone translation: “If the Olive Trees knew the hands that planted […]
US Activists Arrested at Protest in Front of Israeli Embassy in Washington
A number of activists were arrested last week after staging a sit-in protest in front of the Israeli embassy in Washington against Israeli settlement expansion and expulsions of Palestinians, The New Arab reported on Thursday. […]
Israel Orders Palestinians in Naqab to Remove Protest Tent
Israeli authorities have sent a notice to Palestinians in the Al-Naqab desert on Tuesday to remove a tent that they set up to protest demolitions, The New Arab reported. The authorities handed a notice to […]
Israeli Police Detain 40 Palestinians during Protests in Naqab (VIDEO)
Israeli police carried out a wide-scale detention campaign across al-Naqab (Negev) on Tuesday, detaining more than 40 Palestinians, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. Eyewitnesses confirmed that Israeli police conducted the mass detention campaign […]
25 Palestinian Prisoners Test Positive for Covid at Naqab Prison
Some 25 Palestinian political prisoners, held in the Israeli prison of Naqab, have tested positive for Covid-19, amid a surge of cases linked to the Omicron variant, the Palestinian Authority’s Detainees Affairs Commission said on […]
Israeli Special Units Raid Section of Naqab Prison
Israeli special units raided today section 2 in the Israeli prison of Ktzi’ot, in the Naqab desert, where Palestinian political detainees are incarcerated, and brutally assaulted them, according to the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS). The […]
Israeli Forces Demolish Palestinian Bedouin Village for 177th Time (VIDEO)
The Israeli authorities today demolished the Palestinian Bedouin village of al-Araqeeb, in the Naqab desert, for the 177th time since 2000 and for the sixth time this year, according to the Palestinian news agency WAFA. […]
Israel’s Jewish National Fund is Uprooting Palestinians, Not Planting Trees
By Jonathan Cook The Jewish National Fund, established more than 100 years ago, is perhaps the most venerable of the international Zionist organizations. Its recent honorary patrons have included prime ministers, and it advises UN […]
‘Feed a Bedouin’: Racist Israeli Video Sparks Outrage (VIDEO)
By Palestine Chronicle Staff A video footage that went viral on social media showed a popular Israeli children’s TV show host driving with his family in the Naqab (Negev) desert and feeding two Palestinian […]
Israel Charges Al Araqeeb Residents $0.5m to Cover Cost of Demolition of Their Village (VIDEOS)
Arab Bedouins living in the “unrecognized” village of Al-Araqeeb have been ordered to pay 1.6 million shekels ($0.46 million) to cover the cost of the Israeli occupation’s demolition of their homes. Al-Araqeeb was demolished for […]
Israel Demolishes Naqab Bedouin Village for 124th Time (VIDEO)
Israeli authorities Wednesday demolished the Bedouin village of al-Araqib in the Naqab desert in southern Israel for the 124th consecutive time. Israeli police and bulldozers broke into the village and demolished the tin homes residents […]