{"id":19740,"date":"2013-11-30T23:22:32","date_gmt":"2013-12-01T04:22:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theredphoenixapl.org\/?p=19740"},"modified":"2013-11-30T23:22:32","modified_gmt":"2013-12-01T04:22:32","slug":"day-of-rage-police-protesters-clash-in-israel-at-plans-to-evict-40000-bedouins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redphoenix.news\/es\/2013\/11\/day-of-rage-police-protesters-clash-in-israel-at-plans-to-evict-40000-bedouins\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018'D\u00eda de furia': La polic\u00eda y los manifestantes se enfrentan en Israel por los planes para desalojar a 40.000 beduinos."},"content":{"rendered":"
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Bedouin demonstrators clash with Israeli security during a protest against the Prawer plan in the southern village of Hura on November 30, 2013.(AFP Photo \/ David Buimovitch)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Hundreds gathered in Israel on Saturday to rally against the government\u2019s plans to resettle some 40,000 Bedouins. The proposal has triggered accusations of \u201cdiscrimination\u201d and \u201cethnic cleansing\u201d from activist groups, also sparking a protest in the UK.<\/span><\/p>\n

The demonstrations were organized as part of an international\u00a0\u201cDay of Rage\u201d<\/i>\u00a0against the proposed law which would arrange for Bedouin settlements to be created in southern Israel\u2019s Negev Desert, also known as the Prawer-Begin plan.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Prawer Plan would see up to 40,000 (according to local media) and up to 70,000 (according to the Guardian) Bedouin removed from their homes in Negev, southern Israel. The plan also provided for the demolition of about 40 villages and confiscation of 70,000 hectares of land.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Israeli government has said the Bedouins will be re-homed and granted compensation for the move. However, the UK-based charity, Palestine Solidarity Campaign, said that the plan heralds\u00a0\u201cthe forced displacement of Palestinians from their homes and land, and systematic discrimination and separation.\u201d<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

On Saturday, the international\u00a0\u201cDay of Rage\u201d<\/i>\u00a0which was proclaimed by rights groups prompted protests across Israel, in both Gaza City and in East Jerusalem, in addition to the UK.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the Negev village of Houra, clashes broke out at the main demonstration where about 1,200 protesters had gathered. The action started out peacefully with people chanting against\u00a0\u201cfascism\u201d<\/i>, Haaretz reports. But eventually some protesters started throwing stones at police.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Israeli police responded with tear gas, stun grenades and water cannon. Eleven protesters got detained, with ten police injured and a number of police vehicles damaged by stones.<\/span><\/p>\n

The draft legislation was adopted by the country\u2019s parliament, the Knesset, at its first reading in June, but still has two more readings in the Knesset before it becomes law.<\/span><\/p>\n

On Sunday morning , Haaretz revealed that the World Zionist Organization\u2019s Settlement Division has also been devising a plan to settle more Jews in Galilee in order to establish a balance with the Arab population.\u00a0 The Settlement Division has been contacting a number of planning firms, according to letters seen by the paper, suggesting that they bid on a tender to produce a development policy document which will map the absorption of 100,000 new residents in central Galilee, with the intention of\u00a0\u201cgiving expression to Israeli sovereignty through settlement activity\u201d<\/i>\u00a0and\u00a0\u201cenhance the demographic balance.\u201d\u00a0<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

Protest in UK<\/span><\/h2>\n

There were also protests across the UK as Britons took to the streets to voice their anger at Israeli plans, while 50 high-profile British artists, writers, and musicians added their signatures to an open letter to the Israeli government denouncing the proposal.<\/span><\/p>\n

The group published a letter in the Guardian on November 29 condemning the plan and urging the UK government to act. The letter contains the signatures of 50 public figures supporting the cause.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The document calls for immediate action from the British government, urging harsh measures rather than the usual diplomatic rhetoric.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThere can be no \u2018business as usual\u2019 with a state which is preparing to ethnically cleanse 70,000 people. It\u2019s time to start challenging Israel\u2019s racism and apartheid policies,\u201d<\/i>\u00a0the activist group wrote in the letter.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In support of the letter mass protests have been planned across the United Kingdom on Saturday. The\u201cDay of Rage\u201d<\/i>\u00a0demonstrations will be held in Brighton, Bristol, Cardiff, Lambeth, as well as a number of locations in central London. In addition, Palestinians in Israel are staging mass demonstrations against the Prawer Plan to draw international attention.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Bedouin demonstrators clash with Israeli security during a protest against the Prawer plan in the southern village of Hura on November 30, 2013. (AFP Photo \/ David Buimovitch)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Despite opposition to the plan, the Israeli government is pushing ahead and is expected to vote on the initiative before the end of the year.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Some Israeli media has also condemned the plan on the basis that the Bedouins are Israel citizens who were granted citizenship in the 1950s.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThese are Israeli citizens \u2013 citizens in a \u2018democratic\u2019 state, some of whom have even served the country militarily \u2013 who are now having their homes destroyed,\u201d<\/i>\u00a0David Harris-Gershon wrote in his blog for the Tikkun Daily.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe plan [is] to regularize Bedouin settlement in the Negev\u2019, but it does nothing to solve problems and regularize our settlements \u2013 it stipulates only destruction,\u201d<\/i>\u00a0said Fadi El-Obra, a 29-year-old from Rahat, speaking against the Prawer Plan to the International Solidarity Movement.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The UN Secretary Ban Ki-moon issued a statement on the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People calling for Israel to call off plans to expand building in the settlements. Israel and the Palestinian Authority agreed to restart peace talks this summer after a three-year diplomatic stalemate. In spite of the revival of negotiations, very little headway has been made on some of the most pressing issues obstructing a peace agreement.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Palestinian Authority has slammed Israel\u2019s plans to continue expanding settlements, while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accused the Palestinian side of purposely\u00a0\u201cinciting artificial crises.\u201d<\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Israel\u00a0\u201cwill not be subjected to any restrictions concerning settlement,\u201d<\/i>\u00a0Netanyahu recently vowed at a meeting with the Israeli right-wing Likud bloc, stressing that the Palestinians are well aware of that.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Bedouin men gesture during a demonstration showing solidarity with Bedouin Arabs who are against a government displacement plan for Bedouins in the Southern Negev desert in the village of Hura in southern Israel November 30, 2013.(Reuters \/ Baz Ratner)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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