A demolished home in the unrecognized Arab-Bedouin village of Wadi Al-Na'am.

New Report Reveals: Hundreds of Bedouin Houses Demolished this Year in the Negev

On Wednesday, December 10, International Human Rights Day, the Negev Coexistence Forum for Civil Equality (NCF) published its annual House Demolition Policy report. The report makes evident that Israel’s house demolition policy, primarily directed against the Bedouin community in the Negev, continued unabated during the past year and included 859 Arab Bedouin-owned structures. The report explains…

The "Arad Towels" American-owned factory (Photo: Al Ittihad)

Arad hit hard by factories closure

More than 150 residents in the southern city of Arad will be joining the ranks of “Arad Towels” American-owned factory. The company has closed the manufacturing facilities at the site and moved to Jordan; and will only be maintaining a logistics and administrative center employing only a few dozen workers. It is an especially hard…