The demolition in El-Arakib this morning, the third in two weeks (accounts of previous actions can be read here, here and here) was entirely petty. What else can be demolished in a village razed to its foundations less than a week previously, the majority of whose residents have in any case fled because of fear? We arrive around two AM. The area is full of destroyed houses, reminiscent of the destruction of the Temple, and in a few lonely shacks, scattered over the area, lights in the doorways. We spread […]Saturday, July 31 2010 A Solidarity Visit and Work Day in El-Arakib
On Saturday we went on a solidarity visit and work day in El-Arakib. This unrecognized village north of Beer Sheva was demolished to its foundation four days before. Eye witness accounts of the demolition can be found here and here; the village was razed in order to plant a JNF forest. When we arrived in the village it seemed like the a parking lot at the seashore, full of the buses and cars which had brought the hundreds of activists from all corners of the country, those who came to […]
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