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Under the Prawer Plan, the residents of "unrecognised" Palestinian villages will be
moved into seven overcrowded and impoverished towns. Meanwhile, new
Jewish settlements are planned for the region.
Protesters shout slogans in front of Herod's Gate, Jerusalem, in support of Bedouin Arabs. Photograph: Imago / Barcroft Media
Several thousand people worldwide have taken part in protests at the
Israeli government's plans to forcibly remove Bedouin Arabs from their
villages in the Negev desert.
In Israeli towns and cities mounted
police used teargas, stun grenades and water cannon against
demonstrators, in what the Association of Civil Rights in Israel
described as a "disproportionate" response...READ MORE
