Israel Approves Plan To Transfer Some Bedouin Arabs; Rights Group Calls Plan 'Racist'

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Published January 28, 2013 Associated Press

JERUSALEM – An Israeli government statement says the Cabinet has approved a plan to recognize some unauthorized Bedouin Arab encampments and move others to urban areas.
A leading rights group criticized the program.

About 30,000 Bedouins live in shantytowns in Israel's Negev desert. Bedouin say they've owned the land for decades, but Israel contests that. It's concerned about unauthorized Bedouin building in that area.

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The Association for Civil Rights in Israel called the plan "racist." It charged Monday that Israel would displace Bedouin citizens while promoting new communities for Jews.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/01/28/israel-approves-plan-to-transfer-some-bedouin-arabs-rights-group-calls-plan/#ixzz2JJBMAvJb

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1. I take it a bigger office and a company car doesn't come with that "transfer." eom