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<p><em>Al-Araqib village, located between Beersheba and Rahat in
the Israeli Negev desert (AFP Photo)</em></p>
<p>Israel is trying out a new sort of “flexible evictions” in its
quest to root out the “illegal” Bedouin village of Al-Araqib,
demolished 63 times to date. Now even those buried in the
village cemetery are reportedly receiving eviction orders.</p>
<p>The Arab Bedouin village, located in the arid Negev desert but
still troubling the Israeli authorities ever since the first
full-scale demolition in 2010, is dealing with its latest
challenge: eviction orders for the deceased, rights activist
Michal Rotem <a
href="http://972mag.com/in-al-arakib-even-the-dead-face-eviction/91388/"
target="_blank">writes</a> on +972 independent blog.</p>
<p>According to Rotem, who is a member of the joint Arab-Jewish
group Negev Coexistence Forum for Civil Equality (<a
href="http://www.dukium.org/eng/" target="_blank">NCF</a>),
eight eviction orders were placed on structures in the cemetery
at Al-Araqib last Wednesday.</p>
<p>While receiving eviction orders is nothing new for the
Bedouins, who for years have been defiantly <a
href="http://rt.com/news/bedouin-village-demolition-israel-591/"
target="_blank">rebuilding</a> the unrecognized village, this
time the recipients’ names could have sent chills down some
spines. The orders were partly issued against those no longer
living in the village – and buried in the cemetery, where the
Israelis placed eviction notes.</p>
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<p>According to the NCF, the cemetery, along with several homes
and a small improvised mosque, has so far been left untouched by
the Israeli authorities. However, it soon might change as “<em>flexible</em>”
evictions are to take place between June 12 and July 12, 2014.
Hinting at what the author called “<em>a new and disturbing
development, with far-reaching implications beyond the
confines of Al-Araqib itself</em>” is the fact that the
authorities have for some reasons photographed the buildings at
the cemetery “<em>for the first time</em>.”</p>
<p>In response to the latest eviction orders, Al-Araqib’s Sheikh
Sayah Al-Turi said in a statement, quoted by the NCF:</p>
<p>“<em>To all the Jews who believe in equality and that it is
possible for Arabs and Jews to live together, mobilize in
support of truth and justice and stand up for every Bedouin
home</em>.”</p>
<p>“<em>The state tells the Bedouin: you don’t have a place in the
Negev or in Israel. This is a great loss for the Bedouin and a
great loss for the Jews. As long as there is no recognition of
Bedouin rights to their lands, there will be no peace in the
region, no equality and no justice.</em>”</p>
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<p>The farcical situation is only the latest move of the Israeli
government in what the rights activists have blasted as “<em>discrimination</em>”
and “<em>ethnic cleansing</em>” of the 40,000-strong Bedouin
population in the occupied Palestinian lands. Israel has also
been <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ni3osAEakAE"
target="_blank">dumping city waste</a> right next to some of
the Bedouin settlements in the desert, prompting health concerns
from environmental experts.</p>
<p>The villagers earlier addressed the Guinness Book of World
Records to register the ruinous “record” of Israel when the
demolition count <a
href="http://rt.com/news/bedouin-village-destroyed-israel-898/"
target="_blank">reached</a> 38.</p>
<p>Locals told Ma’an news agency, that the recent developments
were “very dangerous.”</p>
<p>“<em>Israel has declared war against us from all directions,</em>”
a local council head Labbad Abu Affash told the agency. “<em>Where
do they plan to evacuate us? To the moon?</em>”</p>
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