Hagit Ofran during a peace demonstration in Tel-Aviv (Photo: Peace Now)

Israel confiscates 4,000 dunams of Palestinian land

Israeli authorities on Sunday announced the confiscation of around 4,000 dunams (1,000 acres) of private Palestinian land south of Bethlehem in the southern West Bank. Palestinian owners of the land were given 45 days to submit formal objections to the announcement in Israeli courts, otherwise all confiscated lands would automatically become Israeli government property. Mayor…

Demonstrators run away from a police water canon track during a Day Of Rage protest against the Prawer-Begin Plan, Haifa, Israel, November 30, 2013 (Photo: Activestills)

Police demand media outlets turn over material from Prawer Plan protests

The Israel Police, in cooperation with prosecutors from the Southern District, filed eight indictments Monday against individuals authorities claim were involved in clashes Saturday during a demonstration against Israel’s controversial Arab-Bedouin eviction plan. Four of those detained and charged were minors, police said. Earlier Monday, indictments were filed against two youths who prosecutors said attacked police during…

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.…

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…