Israel demolishes village at the heart of Bedouin minority’s struggle over land

Associated Press

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli authorities have completed the demolition of a village at the heart of a yearslong struggle by the members of its Arab Bedouin minority against relocation plans. Israel says the hundreds of villagers are squatting on state-owned land and has offered them plots in a nearby Bedouin township. Residents of the village, accuse the authorities of forcibly displacing them so the land can be developed for Israel’s Jewish majority. Israel’s far-right national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, celebrated Thursday’s move, posting on X that there has been a 400% increase in the issuance of such demolition orders so far this year.