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Policemen interacting with Bedouin residents during the evacuation of the unrecognized Negev villages of Um Al-Hiran and A-Tir. (Mijal Grinberg)
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ILA destroys Bedouin homes to make way for Jewish town
By Mijal Grinberg, Haaretz Correspondent

The Israel Land Administration (ILA), with the assistance of a large police force and IDF soldiers, demolished dozens of tin shack homes Monday in the unrecognized Bedouin villages Um Al-Hiran and A-Tir in the northern Negev.

The ILA is destroying the village built on government-owned land and evacuating its inhabitants so that a Jewish Community named "Hiran" can be established in the area. Fourteen shacks, which housed some 100 people, have been destroyed by bulldozers so far.

Bedouin women attempted to get their children out of the house but police wanted to speed up the process so they grabbed the play pens with the children inside and did not let the mothers come near.
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"Tonight we will sleep on the ground", Fajua Ab Abu Al-Cian said.

Young men, roughly 18-years of age, wearing orange shirts are taking part in the evacuation, removed the Bedouin's property from their homes and placing it in piles on the ground outside.

Haaretz has discovered that these teenagers are workers employed by sub-contractors hired by the ILA. According to the evacuators, they are being paid in cash and denied labor rights.

According to Adallah, the Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel, the residents of the village have been living there for 51 years. They were transferred to the site in 1956 while under martial law. The land they originally owned was transferred to Kibbutz Shoval, while the Bedouin were leased 3000 dunam of land for agriculture and grazing.

In August 2001 the ILA submitted a report on the establishment of new communities, which included Hiran. The Bedouin residents living in the area appeared under the title of "special problems" that may affect the establishment of the community.

The government approved the establishment of Hiran in 2002, and in 2004 the state submitted a court order claiming that residents of Al Hiran should be evacuated as they are using state lands without permission.
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  1.   See! I Don`t Support That! 11:53  |  Yosemite 25/06/07
  2.   Treating all Citizens as equal 12:11  |  Bryan 25/06/07
  3.   Another vile act by the Terrorist State of Israel 12:16  |  Clickfool 25/06/07
  4.   So many times 12:23  |  Doreen 25/06/07
  5.   Is this complete? 12:28  |  Michael 25/06/07
  6.   Wholesale theft of State Lands is the issue! 12:29  |  Negev girl 25/06/07
  7.   US News: Blacks evacuated to make way for White Suburb 12:34  |  Yered Shmuel 25/06/07
  8.   The usual Israeli sense of entitlement 12:39  |  Natallie Durson 25/06/07
  9.   we need it, you move. 12:39  |  Axel 25/06/07
  10.   This is not the whole truth 12:41  |  Shlomo from Tel-Aviv 25/06/07
  11.   Not theft 12:47  |  bill 25/06/07
  12.   Democratic Theft 12:50  |  Fatih 25/06/07
  13.   Where were all you whining leftists during the "disengagement"? 12:57  |  Ari 25/06/07
  14.   selfdestructive 12:59  |  Ernst 25/06/07
  15.   #5. Michael 13:02  |  Fritz 25/06/07
  16.   No. 3- UK evicts gypsies (travellers) living on unauthorised land 13:07  |  Dan 25/06/07
  17.   Israeli Apartheid in action 13:08  |  Jebediah Springfield 25/06/07
  18.   To Michael, #5 - THE LAW 13:11  |  Burkhardt 25/06/07
  19.   Squatters With Sense of Entitlement Evicted ! 13:29  |  Gurk 25/06/07
  20.   Distorted article 13:32  |  Moshavnik 25/06/07
  21.   Dan 16 - in UK, the Bedouin would not have been evicted 13:35  |  Michael 25/06/07
  22.   #10 Shlomo - wait 13:37  |  Fabio 25/06/07
  23.   #10 Shlomo - 2 13:45  |  Fabio 25/06/07
  24.   #16, Dan 13:55  |  Burkhardt 25/06/07
  25.   "Unauthorized" 13:56  |  Dani Reiss 25/06/07
  26.   Yered Shmuel 14:03  |  Hilda 25/06/07
  27.   Shlomo from TA 14:08  |  Hildar2@aol.com 25/06/07
  28.   Translation error 14:14  |  Zioni 25/06/07
  29.   # 11 bill 14:16  |  Axel 25/06/07
  30.   The Zionist Dead End 14:27  |  The Other Alan 25/06/07
  31.   Hilda, what do you mean? 14:44  |  Yered Shmuel 25/06/07
  32.   Israels crimes never end! 14:44  |  Dad 25/06/07
  33.   A brave new world 14:51  |  Paul 25/06/07
  34.   I Dont Know The Whole Story 14:57  |  Avi Yerushalmi 25/06/07
  35.   Sowing the Seeds of Antisemitism 14:58  |  Double Click 25/06/07
  36.   one word: APARTHEID 15:02  |  Sami 25/06/07
  37.   #29- Settlements in W Bank and Bedoins 15:04  |  JewishHeart 25/06/07
  38.   Imminent domain and urban renewal done ALL THE TIME 15:06  |  The Equalizer 25/06/07
  39.   Bedouin homes 15:09  |  Zvi 25/06/07
  40.   Haaretz 15:13  |  leon 25/06/07
  41.   It`s justice Burkhardt 15:13  |  Michael 25/06/07
  42.   #10, 22, 24 etc - good you are trying to figure out... 15:14  |  Noa 25/06/07
  43.   HOW PATHETIC OF MOST OF YOU 15:14  |  VIPER 25/06/07
  44.   That is a definite crime against humanity... 15:15  |  anti-racist 25/06/07
  45.   Get all the facts before you start pointing fingers 15:26  |  K 25/06/07
  46.   #21 michael im interested in this squatters law? 15:29  |  victor hardman 25/06/07
  47.   # 38 15:29  |  Jeremiah 25/06/07
  48.   #33 Paul:"Teach that in school" 15:31  |  Francoise 25/06/07
  49.   Wow 15:36  |  Rachel C. 25/06/07
  50.   # 37 jewishheart 15:36  |  Axel 25/06/07
  51.   So deserving of the world`s contempt and loathing 15:38  |  Hannah 25/06/07
  52.   Viper 15:40  |  JewishHeart 25/06/07
  53.   #8 Natallie Durson 15:43  |  * BEN JABO 25/06/07
  54.   #17 Jeb - why do you write under so many names?? 15:47  |  * BEN JABO 25/06/07
  55.   One vile Army ... 15:48  |  Dutch 25/06/07
  56.   #2 Bryan Norwich 15:48  |  itsik 25/06/07
  57.   #15 Fritz 15:49  |  * BEN JABO 25/06/07
  58.   #32 Dad - it isn`t a crime to take back 15:51  |  * BEN JABO 25/06/07
  59.   The truth nothing but the truth to be published. 15:52  |  H.H.M 25/06/07
  60.   The truth nothing but the truth to be published. 15:53  |  H.H.M 25/06/07
  61.   Shame on all of you who accept this 15:56  |  haim 25/06/07
  62.   Using state lands without permission 15:57  |  Yonatan 25/06/07
  63.   #23 Fabio 15:58  |  itsik 25/06/07
  64.   #43 VIPER - Isn`t that what 15:58  |  * BEN JABO 25/06/07
  65.   Bedouins should have gotten a Permit 15:59  |  Rachel C. 25/06/07
  66.   re: #37 16:03  |  haim 25/06/07
  67.   #31 Yered Shmuel 16:05  |  itsik 25/06/07
  68.   #29 Axel - on yet another venture 16:05  |  * BEN JABO 25/06/07
  69.   #53 - Correct Insight 16:07  |  Double Click 25/06/07
  70.   #36 Sami 16:07  |  * BEN JABO 25/06/07
  71.   #54 Ben Jabo 16:20  |  Jebediah Springfield 25/06/07
  72.   Transient squatters do not have land ownership rights anywhere 16:25  |  Dr. L. Brnd 25/06/07
  73.   What? 16:25  |  Daniel 25/06/07
  74.   10 Shlomo - Ex Post Facto Illegality? 16:27  |  Mark of Lewiston 25/06/07
  75.   68 Ben Jabo - Squatting where ordered by IDF? 16:37  |  Mark of Lewiston 25/06/07
  76.   This is not apartheid 16:39  |  Avi Yerushalmi 25/06/07
  77.   46 Viktor - do your own research 16:42  |  Michael 25/06/07
  78.   #71 Jeb 16:44  |  * BEN JABO 25/06/07
  79.   State Land 17:02  |  Rachel C. 25/06/07
  80.   #77 michael and total piffle about squatters rights 17:06  |  victor hardman 25/06/07
  81.   #60 Where is King Solomon when we need him! 17:07  |  Kate 25/06/07
  82.   #60 H.H.M. - an entirely different picture 17:08  |  Yonatan 25/06/07
  83.   Outragious 17:13  |  Jonathan Neuman 25/06/07
  84.   This is not Israel! Am I sleeping here? 17:17  |  BB 25/06/07
  85.   #72 Confusing the people with a movie 17:19  |  Kate 25/06/07
  86.   Another Evil Act by An Inhumane State 17:25  |  Aaron 25/06/07
  87.   #84 BB - It`s quite fair 17:28  |  * BEN JABO 25/06/07
  88.   Not a sense of entitlement, but State govt` Natalie#8 17:29  |  William 25/06/07
  89.   Negev Girl #6 - I agree with you 17:33  |  William 25/06/07
  90.   no one likes it 17:34  |  none 25/06/07
  91.   THIS IS A SCANDAL 17:34  |  Kooky Dennt 25/06/07
  92.   what else? 17:35  |  edgar 25/06/07
  93.   Fatih #12 - then you don`t know your history well 17:40  |  William 25/06/07
  94.   If Haredim- no eviction 17:40  |  Danny Soneh Dat 25/06/07
  95.   Mark of Lewiston - ex post facto 17:40  |  Mark Lincoln 25/06/07
  96.   fabio 17:52  |  dvora 25/06/07
  97.   Aaron #86 - Your lack of history speaks volumes 17:52  |  William 25/06/07
  98.   Danny # 94 - stop making up facts 17:58  |  William 25/06/07
  99.   Come on then Viktor 80 17:58  |  Michael 25/06/07
  100.   The Bedouins were compensated so stop writing BS haaretz!!! 18:18  |  zebulonguy 25/06/07
  101.   How to make friends and win influence 18:40  |  Danite 25/06/07
  102.   #100 A thing called Free Press 18:40  |  Kate 25/06/07
  103.   Mark of Lewiston and logic 18:43  |  Danite 25/06/07
  104.   Mark Lincoln#95 18:46  |  Danite 25/06/07
  105.   zebulonguy 18:48  |  Danite 25/06/07
  106.   #99 michael and total ignorant confusion 18:53  |  victor hardman 25/06/07
  107.   Bias 19:00  |  Shalom 25/06/07
  108.   106 Oh dear Viktor getting upset LOL 19:03  |  Michael 25/06/07
  109.   It gauls me to have to agree with Mr. Fool 19:03  |  Reb Bahir 25/06/07
  110.   Another act of terrorism by Israel. 19:03  |  Deborah 25/06/07
  111.   # 57 ben jabo 19:13  |  Axel 25/06/07
  112.   "I`m so proud" 19:19  |  BB 25/06/07
  113.   # 64 ben jabo 19:20  |  Axel 25/06/07
  114.   VIPER #43 19:23  |  David 25/06/07
  115.   Make a unilateral start, Israel 19:28  |  Clickfool 25/06/07
  116.   Michael #108 - response to Victor 19:31  |  William 25/06/07
  117.   #84 19:33  |  Shana 25/06/07
  118.   More Appropriate If Their Shirts Were Black 19:42  |  chet 25/06/07
  119.   Show some HEART 19:45  |  Rami 25/06/07
  120.   Good Neighbours 20:10  |  Joan Stuchner 25/06/07
  121.   You shame our people 20:18  |  michael 25/06/07
  122.   Worse than apartheid 20:52  |  Jack 25/06/07
  123.   #8 Natallie, can you build anything in L.A 20:56  |  TOMY 25/06/07
  124.   #97 William Part1 20:56  |  Aaron 25/06/07
  125.   #97 William Part2 20:57  |  Aaron 25/06/07
  126.   #97 William Part3 20:58  |  Aaron 25/06/07
  127.   #97 William Part4 20:58  |  Aaron 25/06/07
  128.   Land use 21:15  |  Matthew 25/06/07
  129.   THIS COLUMN IS IDIOTS DELIGHT 21:29  |  paul harris 25/06/07
  130.   Bedouins are easy prey for Israel 21:48  |  Rachel C. 25/06/07
  131.   #124-127, Aaron 22:11  |  Hannah 25/06/07
  132.   #116, William 22:21  |  Hannah 25/06/07
  133.   How come, Haaretz does not describe honestly 23:37  |  TOMY 25/06/07
  134.   #113 Axel, poor Axel, my sympathy 23:51  |  * BEN JABO 25/06/07
  135.   #121 Michael 01:09  |  * BEN JABO 26/06/07
  136.   #129 Paul Harris - is that statement self-inclusive? 01:10  |  * BEN JABO 26/06/07
  137.   #118 Chet - cast your mind to the facts 01:15  |  * BEN JABO 26/06/07
  138.   Israel is a nation without shame 07:47  |  Maki 26/06/07
  139.   #52, JEWISHHEART, and others, a clarification 10:37  |  VIPER 26/06/07
  140.   #64, BEN-JABO 10:40  |  VIPER 26/06/07
  141.   #114, DAVID 10:43  |  VIPER 26/06/07
  142.   come get me ben jabo 11:59  |  eric 26/06/07
  143.   #140 Viper - for G-d sake, read some books 13:20  |  * BEN JABO 26/06/07
  144.   #55 One vile coward 13:34  |  * BEN JABO 26/06/07
  145.   to #46 13:41  |  Shauffenberg 26/06/07
  146.   Another Nail In Israels Coffin 14:44  |  kal 26/06/07
  147.   ben jabo 18:56  |  Axel 26/06/07
  148.   This can be solved..... 19:37  |  John Baptizer 26/06/07
  149.   Wonder no longer 20:23  |  Dee 26/06/07
  150.   #149 Dee - Toronto 20:55  |  * BEN JABO 26/06/07
  151.   ben, next time they evacuate a settlement... 21:04  |  devin 26/06/07
  152.   Joke of the Week 22:10  |  Axel 26/06/07
  153.   Number 16 - UK Evicts gypsies? 23:20  |  Confused 26/06/07
  154.   To Ben Jabo, et al 23:50  |  Devin 26/06/07
  155.   #151 Devin 01:07  |  * BEN JABO 27/06/07
  156.   Devin - Israel was responsible for their being there 01:23  |  * BEN JABO 27/06/07
  157.   #152 -2ND TRY Axel - it was an obvious typo, but 01:33  |  * BEN JABO 27/06/07
  158.   ben jabo the practical joker 02:02  |  Axel 27/06/07
  159.   Movement of Bedowins by Israel. 11:47  |  M. 27/06/07
  160.   # 129 the most of all always seem to come from you paul 12:26  |  eric 27/06/07
  161.   #79 Rachel C. 21:37  |  * BEN JABO 27/06/07
  162.   #75 Mark of Lewiston 21:53  |  * BEN JABO 27/06/07
  163.   #158 2ND TRY Axel 22:03  |  * BEN JABO 27/06/07
  164.   #158 -3 3RD TRY AXEL 22:12  |  * BEN JABO 27/06/07
  165.   #143, BEN-JABO, how many times? 10:28  |  VIPER 28/06/07
  166.   #165 Viper - You`re sick in more ways than one 02:50  |  * BEN JABO 02/07/07
  167.   #166, the same way you spit it put 08:17  |  VIPER 02/07/07
  168.   #167 VIPER or APARTHEID- take your pick 23:28  |  * BEN JABO 02/07/07
  169.   #167 Viper - I`ve already responded 07:01  |  * BEN JABO 03/07/07
  170.   #167 VIPER - Style? hardly, deceit, poorly done 07:04  |  * BEN JABO 03/07/07
  171.   #167 VIPER or should I say `APARTHEID 08:26  |  * BEN JABO 03/07/07
  172.   Sounds Cruel but they don`t own the land 07:23  |  Ari 04/12/07
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