Israeli police arrested dozens of Palestinian Arabs in Negev region in southern Israel, amid protests against land confiscation
Hundreds of local Arabs demonstrated in the Negev in recent days in protest of the confiscation of their lands by the Jewish National Fund.
Israeli police have arrested dozens of Palestinian Arabs in Negev region in southern Israel, amid protests against land confiscation. “At least 41 people were detained in different areas in Negev,” Juma Al-Zabarqa, coordinator of the Higher Orientation Committee for Arabs in the Negev, told Anadolu News Agency on Tuesday.
He said Israeli police did not provide a reason for the arrests, adding that eight local Arabs had been detained on Monday.Hundreds of local Arabs demonstrated in the Negev in recent days in protest of the confiscation of their lands by the Jewish National Fund, an organisation that collects money from Jews around the world to seize Palestinian property.
Arab citizens in the Negev region are estimated at around 300,000, living on 5 percent of their land, 95 percent of which they say is confiscated by Israel since 1948.
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