A surge in land seizures is driving Palestinian Bedouin families from their ancestral homes, reshaping the region's dynamics and raising concerns about a changing map of the occupied territories.
Palestinian shepherd Mustafa Arara, 24, stands in the ruins of the occupied West Bank Bedouin village of al-Baqa where residents fled in July after illegal settlers established an outpost a stone's throw from the village. / Photo: AP Archive
He said life had become unbearable as settlers tried to take over his fields with their sheep, tampered with the village’s water supply, and routinely burst into his village to harass residents. Some 500,000 Israelis have settled in the occupied West Bank — specifically in Area C — since Israel captured the territory, along with east Jerusalem and - Gaza, in the 1967 Mideast war.The supporting posts for a Palestinian family's tent after they fled the occupied West Bank herding village al Baqa, foreground, frame an encampment by Israeli settlers.
A spokesperson for settlers in the region denied accusations of violence or aggression against Palestinian communities. “No one forced them out,” said Eliana Passentin. “They chose to leave.” “The rest of my village is too scared to return,” said Mustafa Arara, a 24-year-old resident who recently went back.Sheep evacuated from the occupied West Bank Palestinian Bedouin village of al Qabun rest in their new enclosure in a nearby hamlet. Photo: AP
According to the anti-settlement watchdog group Peace Now, over 95 percent of Palestinian building permits are rejected. The military routinely issues demolition orders for homes of corrugated tin and scrap wood. “I don’t think there was a meeting in a smoky room between the army and government and settlers,” said Michael Sfard, a prominent Israeli lawyer who often represents Palestinians. “But in a more general way, Israel is directly pushing the Palestinian community away from open lanes of Area C and into more populous enclaves.”
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