Karmel Colony: Israelis unite with Palestinians

On Saturday June: 8 an old Palestinian man from the village of Umm Al Kheer, Suleiman Aid Yameen Hadleen, was detained for more than three hours by the Israeli army while affirming his right to access his own land. In the last two days the soldiers denied the Palestinians from Umm Al Kheer  access to their own land until Sunday morning, without any official order. The land in question is on a hill that belongs to the Hadleen family. On the top of it the 'settlers' of Karmel Israeli colony in 2011 planted some olive trees and about two weeks ago built a small tent. Two days ago the settlers started to dig holes on the ground, intending to plant more olive trees in a row that would go along the top of the hill, preventing Palestinians from entering the land behind it. That hill is crossed everyday by Palestinian shepherds, since it is the only way that takes to the valleys grazed by their sheep. On Saturday June 8, three Palestinian shepherds with their flocks, together with other Palestinians, Israeli activists and international volunteers were chased away from the top of the hill by the Israeli army.
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Maan News reports that Negev residents protested against a forced displacement
plan.

A campaign poster reading "One Voice: No to Prawer."
(Maan/Naqab.org)

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Beersheba, Israel (Ma‘an) 9 June -- Arab and Bedouin residents in the Negev
announced on Sunday that they would be rallying against a legislative proposal
to be put before the Knesset that would see the dismantling of 'unrecognized'
villages and the forced displacement of residents. The Al-Naqab Association
for Land and Human Beings said all residents were being urged to join
Thursday's protest, which includes a general strike, organized by the Higher Guidance Committee of the Arab Residents in the Negev.
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