NAQAB, May 10, 2017 (WAFA) – Israeli forces Wednesday demolished five structures in the unrecognized Arab village of Sa’wa in the Naqab region, in southern Israel, according to local sources.
Witnesses said Israeli bulldozers backed by a police escort broke into the village in the early morning hours and demolished the five structures.
Sa’wa is one of about 46 Bedouin villages in the Naqab that are considered “unrecognized” by the Israeli government.
According to the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI), more than half of the approximately 160,000 Naqab Bedouins reside in unrecognized villages, which the state refuses to provide with a planning structure and place under municipal jurisdiction.
“Whole communities have been issued demolition orders; others are forced to continue living in unrecognized villages that are denied basic services and infrastructure, such as electricity and running water,” said the center.
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