Call the public to
DEMONSTRATE
In Tel Aviv, on Wednesday, May 12th, 2010 at 5:30 p.m. Ben-Zion avenue and King George st.
With hundreds of Beduins from the Negev
PUT A STOP TO THE THEFT OF BEDUIN LAND IN THE NEGEV ! STOP KKL’S FORESTATION WORKS ON AL ARAKIB LAND – RIGHT NOW! HALT STATE POLICY OF HOME DEMOLITIONS, EVICTION AND CROP DESTRUCTION!!!
In the past year, the authorities have exacerbated their harassment of Beduin residents of the unrecognized villages in the Negev , in order to dispossess them of their lands and dwelling places. The State implements this abominable and dangerous policy by making the Beduins’ lives impossible in the unrecognized villages, by demolishing their homes, issuing eviction orders, destroying crops and carrying out forestation projects in Beduin-owned lands by leasing them to the KKL. Such policy will not bear any positive fruit for anyone living in the Negev, neither Jews nor Arabs – it will only increase alienation and hatred and prevent the development of the Negev for the good of all its communities. Only the recognition of equal civil rights for Beduins and their rights to their claimed lands will make the Negev bloom.
The State’s dispossession of the Beduins, and the discriminatory practices and violation of the fundamental rights of the Arab minority in Israel are dangerous acts: if they are not stopped, they will put an end to the values of equality, liberty and democracy that are already deteriorating in Israel . The struggle for the rights of the Beduins is common to all those concerned about the democratic and egalitarian image of the State – Arabs and Jews alike. WE DEMAND OF THE GOVERNMENT OF ISRAEL TO RECOGNIZE THE UNRECOGNIZED VILLGES AND PROVIDE THEM WITH MUNICIPAL SERVICES!
TO RECOGNIZE AND REGULATE DE-FACTO ALL OWNERSHIP CLAIMS OF THE BEDUINS TO THEIR NEGEV LANDS!!
TO RECOGNIZE THE RIGHT OF EVERY BEDUIN, AS THAT OF ANY OTHER CITIZEN, TO CHOOSE HIS/HER WAY OF LIFE AND PLACE OF DWELLING!!!
WE DEMAND OF THE KKL TO CEASE FORESTATION WORKS ON AL ARAKIB LAND IMMEDIATELY!
OUR NEXT ANNOUNCEMENT WILL CONTAIN INFORMATION ON THE PLACE, TIME AND SPEAKERS AT THE DEMONSTRATION