The Demolition of Um al Hiran in Israel’s Negev is why Israel is a racist, settler colonial state

2 Palestinian Israelis killed as Bedouin village is destroyed to make way for a Jewish town No new Palestinian towns have been built since Israel’s creation [Menahem Kahana/AFP] There are those who naively believe that the illusory ‘two states’ will provide a solution to the conflict between Palestinians and Israelis.  That all that is required…

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Palestine Flag Flies Over Celtic Game Last Night

Racist UEFA Threaten  Punishment for Flying ‘illicit banner’ It was a wonderful display of solidarity by Celtic fans last night when hundreds of Palestinian flags were flown by fans in defiance of warnings by the Police and Club management.  They were displaying their anger that Celtic was playing the racist Hapoel Beer Sheva side from…

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Israeli Arabs told to Keep Away From Jewish Swimming Pools

The Ugly Face of Israeli Apartheid In Israel as the article from Jonathan Cook below explains, everything from education to land is segregated.  Arabs get the left overs.  Israel is a state where a plurality of its Jewish population (48%) want Israeli Arabs to be expelled.  Nearly half of Jewish Israelis want to expel Arabs,…

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Better to be a dog than Bedouin in Israel

The Story of Umm al-Hiran and the Bedouin of the Negev (Naqab) 24 August 2015 I have written recently about Israel’s efforts to wipe off the map the 1,000-strong Bedouin community of Umm al-Hiran in the Negev (Naqab) so that Jews can live in their place. Dozens of other Bedouin communities in Israel – known as…

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Mass Transfer Plans for 70,00 Bedouin in Negev Put on Hold

Netanyahu’s point man on Bedouin relocation says plan still on track  Like certain states before it, Israel is concerned about the ‘demographic’ problem i.e. too many Arabs.  The ‘ideal’ is a maximum of 30% of non-Jews and it is getting close if Israel is going to remain a ‘Jewish democratic state.’ There are therefore consistent…

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