The destruction of Tawil Abu Jarwal

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- Press Release 11 December 2006 -

On-going Destruction in the Negev FAST, the Foundation for Achieving Seamless Territory, condemns the destruction of Tawil abu Jarwal, a Bedouin village in the Negev. FAST researches shows that the destruction of the village is part of a larger land grab plan. Since 1948, the state of Israel developed policies to occupy the Negev. In the recent years, the Israeli government approved many plans and masterplans to build on top of these villages. The destruction of Tawil abu Jarwal is another step in the execution of these plans, and yet proves another series of basic human rights violation of the Bedouin population in the Negev. More examples at: http://www.seamless-israel.org/images/online%20magazine/Um%20el%20Hiran.html http://www.seamless-israel.org/images/online%20magazine/bitter%20wine.html

The unrecognized bedouin villages Drive along the desert highways around Beer el-Sabe (Beer Sheva) in the south of Israel, and it does not take long to notice clusters of makeshift houses set in from the side of the road. These Bedouin villages are ‘unrecognised’ by the state of Israel, and consequently have no official status. They are absent from government maps but not from transfer and demolition plans. They receive little or no basic public services such as electricity, water, telephone lines, educational or health facilities. In total, about 40 unrecognised villages exist in the Naqab (Negev) desert.

The Foundation for Achieving Seamless Territory


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