On video: Demonstration and confrontations with the police in protest of the plantings in the Negev (Photo: Yanir Yagana)
Bedouin society is outraged by KKL-Junk's decision to hold the plantings in the area of the Bedouin diaspora in the Negev, after last year these caused strong opposition from the Arab society, and clashes on the ground. "The new government decided to open a front with the Bedouin sector in the south," they say. The plantings are expected to take place on Sunday next week.
"The outgoing government respected the agreements with the Bedouins, now we have a new government that violates agreements," said Faiz Abu Siyhaban, former mayor of Rahat. According to him, "some ministers came with an agenda as if the Bedouins were enemies, instead of fighting and creating Cooperation regarding the painful problems in the Negev, such as crime."
Raad Abu Elkayen, a social activist, also claimed that the issues of crime and education should be addressed before the controversial issue of the plantings. "Before renewing the plantings, we need to renew the partnership with the Bedouin in the Negev and resolve the issues of the unfamiliar settlements ".
"Instead of fighting, the Bedouin are treated like an enemy."
Riots during the planting, last year (Photo: Niv Aharonson)
"The new government decided right away to plant trees and open a front with the Bedouin sector in the south," claimed Talal Al Karnoi, a social activist from Mahrat.
He warned that "this will lead to great opposition among the residents, and in the end no one will benefit from it. All Jewish and Bedouin residents of the south will lose because of this conduct."
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"It will lead to great opposition among the residents."
The riots during the plantings in the Negev, last year (Photo: Flash 90, Jamal Awad)
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KKL-Junk's decision to hold the plantings as an orderly is the first decision made by the organization's chairman Yifat Ovadia Loski, who assumed her position at the beginning of this month.
As part of the plantings, agricultural works will be carried out in the Nahal Yatir area "on state lands that protect against invasions, environmental damage, illegal construction and trespassing - common phenomena in the area in question", according to her.
"The government has opened a front against us."
Ben Gvir arrives for planting, last year (photo: official website, Walla system!)
Last year, KKL-Junk's planting work in the area was halted following violent riots by diaspora people, during which two policemen were injured. However, the work resumed two days later under heavy security and high police alertness.
The issue of planting sparked a public debate with voices from within the government at the time, including Those who supported their termination, in front of politicians who expressed support for KKL-Junk works.
The Minister of Construction and Housing at the time, Ze'ev Elkin, said that these were works being done on state land and expressed support for the Israel Land Authority responsible for the works.
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