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In reply to the discussion: The blood libel film [View all]shaayecanaan
(6,068 posts)67. Now you're just getting desperate
Again, this reminds me of your conversation with Pelsar when you couldn't let go of the lie that Israelis killed Palestinians in order to harvest their organs.
That is a baseless smear. Either back it up with some evidence or retract that allegation.
You claimed the Bedouin will not be able to purchase or lease land where they once lived.
You're a goddamn liar.
This was your claim:-
Israeli Bedouin can buy/lease anywhere. The ILA then compensates the JNF for the land.
That is plainly false. Due to the "approvals committees" which exclude potential residents on the basis of "social suitability" it is highly unlikely that any Bedouin will be permitted to live in any of the JNF settlements in the Negev or Galilee.
I claimed that most Bedouin were unaffected or were being offered town infrastructure in the areas they're already living in (all but 30-40,000 out of 210,000)
At the very least, this is a half-truth. The majority of Negev Bedouin are already living in ghettos such as Rahat (110 000 out of 210 000). Of course, they're not likely to be affected, as Israel has already achieved the objective of moving them off their land.
Of the remainder of Negev Bedouin living in unrecognised villages (90,000) - about half are affected by the evictions.
Sheikh Odeh Zanoon is the first Negev Beduin leader to reach agreement with the State of Israel to establish a modern Beduin settlement for his tribe members, near Yeroham.
This article is a follow-on from a press release by the Israeli government:-
http://mfa.gov.il/MFA/IsraelExperience/People/Pages/Two-Bedouin-sheikhs-and-the-Begin-Plan-Dec-2013.aspx
Listen to the two gentlemen in the video. The way that they express themselves is entirely distinct from the passages that have been attributed to them in the article. The quotes are almost certainly a fabrication. I dare say that the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs prepared them and simply gave them to the two gentlemen to sign off on.
But these two men are fortunate. Their traditional lands are in or close to the "triangle" (of Qsseifa, Dimona and Beersheeba) where evictions will be limited, and a number of unrecognised villages will be recognised. Abu Rashed admits this himself when he states that his tribe will be allowed to remain where they are.
Good for them, but not so good for the other half of the Bedouin population that are going to be evicted.
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Yemini is right when he says, it is difficult to believe that RHR would produce a blood libel..they
Jefferson23
Nov 2013
#1
Great links, thanks. It is sad to me because due to their support, the odds are against the
Jefferson23
Dec 2013
#15
You were wrong, weren't you? It was a lie to claim K-D is motivated by his religion.
shira
Dec 2013
#44
If anybody noticed, you didn't answer the question. You just made up your own answer
R. Daneel Olivaw
Dec 2013
#81
Hope your racism and excuses keeps you warm this Christmas season, shira.
R. Daneel Olivaw
Dec 2013
#85
See, you're incapable of answering the simplest questions that obliterate yr arguments.
shira
Dec 2013
#88
Liberals don't demonize a certain ethnic group 24/7/365 like anti-zio BDS liars....
shira
Dec 2013
#90
You mentioned apartheid again. At least we agree Nelson Mandela was a great man....
shira
Dec 2013
#63
Yeah, there are too many lies in all these anti-Israel articles about al-Hiran Bedouins
shira
Dec 2013
#37
Israel is so racist they have affirmative action for Bedouins purchasing land....
shira
Dec 2013
#29
You spent a lot of time defending a slanderous, racist article that incited hatred.....
shira
Dec 2013
#80
Israeli Bedouin can buy/lease anywhere. The ILA then compensates the JNF for the land.
shira
Dec 2013
#27
Huh? What does the JNF have to do with it if the ILA mandates that the land is open....
shira
Dec 2013
#39
for the 3rd time the link that explains how it works and how JNF gets land in the Negev
azurnoir
Dec 2013
#40