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Palestinians in Israel demonstrate against Israeli government demolition policy in Negev
Demonstrators chanted slogans condemning the Israeli government's practices and its policy of discrimination against the Palestinian citizens in the Negev.
Jerusalem24 – Dozens of Palestinians in Israel demonstrated today in West Jerusalem against the Israeli government’s demolition policy of their homes in the Negev area in the south of Israel also known by Palestinians as the “Naqab” desert.
Participants in the demonstration, called for by the Higher Follow-up Committee of the Arab People and the Regional Committee of Heads of Arab Local Authorities at the Arab Local Authorities Forum in the Negev, chanted slogans condemning the Israeli government’s practices and its policy of discrimination against the Palestinian citizens in the Negev.
They accused the government of stealing their lands and turn it into forest areas while denying them their basic civil rights as citizens of Israel.