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Official: Israel demolishes Bedouin village in Negev

Published today (updated) 23/04/2012 22:59

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NEGEV (Ma'an) -- Israeli forces demolished the Bedouin village Al-Araqib village on Monday for the 37th time, a political official who witnessed the demolition said.

The Palestinian residents began to immediately rebuild the site, after forces left just a mosque and cemetery standing, PFLP official Ayman Odeh said on return from the village.

If the Israeli authorities knew the people's determination to stay, they would not have bothered to carry out the demolition, he said.

Israel considers Al-Araqib, along with 34 other Bedouin villages in the Negev, an illegal settlement built on state-owned land. Al-Araqib insists the land is their ancestral home.