Arab-Bedouins and other activists participating in a vigil to mark Land Day in the unrecognized village of Wadi El Naam, Israel, on March 30, 2012. During the vigil the protesters held signs calling to stop Prawer Plan, approved by the Israeli government on the 11th of September, 2011. The plan will displace more than 40,000 Arab-Bedouin citizens through the destruction of most unrecognized Bedouin villages in the Negev desert (Photo: Activestills)

Hadash MK calls proposed legislation on Arab-Bedouins in the Negev a transfer plan

Interruptions, yelling and expulsions took place in the Knesset Wednesday morning as former minister Benjamin Begin listened to speakers criticize his proposed law, called “Prawer Plan”. Several Left and Arab MKs and supporters from various human rights NGOs railed against the bill, claiming it would result in up to 40,000 Arab-Bedouin citizens losing their land.…

Demonstrator at the Anti-Prawer rally in Tel Aviv, September 2013 (Photo: Activestills)

Two years since Prawer Plan

by Dr. Thabet Abu Rass September 2013 marks two years since the Israeli government approved the Prawer Plan. The plan intends to uproot tens of thousands of Arab Bedouin citizens of Israel from their villages, to demolish their homes, and to confiscate an overwhelming majority of their lands. The government proposed this plan as a…

A Hadash banner in Hebrew and Arabic: "Equality" (Activestills)

Demonstrators march in Tel Aviv against Prawer Plan

Thousands marched through the streets of Tel Aviv Saturday night in protest of the Prawer Plan. Alongside Tel Aviv residents, demonstrators were bused in from Arab villages and cities in the Galilee and the Negev to gather in Habima Square. Most of the demonstrators were affiliated with Hadash, a few with Meretz and many more…

Uprooting (“Transfer”) Law Hits the Road

The Prawer Plan – Expulsion of Tens of Thousands of Arab Palestinian Bedouins in Al Naqab (the Negev) A Statement by the Communist Party of Israel The Prawer Plan, which has been cooking for years, has passed its first reading in the Knesset in June 2013 and is about to be realized in the near…

Young Communist League activists demonstrate against Prawer Bill last Saturday, near Giv'at Haviva.

Demonstrations against Prawer Bill

Following the first ‘Day of Rage’ against the planned uprooting of tens of thousands of Palestinian Bedouin in the Naqab (Negev) on July 15, Arab-Palestinians and progressive activists in Israel have called a second ‘Day of Rage’ for next Thursday, August 1. The ‘Day of Rage’ will take place at the Wadi A’ra junction in…