The Bedouin takeover of the Negev continues without anyone in the government trying to stop it.
לאחר שהוקמה הלילה נקודת ההתיישבות 'מעלה פולה' בסמוך לרהט בתגובה להתעלמות המדינה מהקמת היישובים הבדואים בדרום, כוחות משטרה רבים פועלים כעת במקום לפינוי המקימים והמעורבים@Now14Israelpic.twitter.com/vqNCc1dSW3
In response, a group of activists and opposition MKs decided to set up a new Jewish community near the Bedouin city of Rahat in the Negev.
The community is named Ma’ale Paula, after Paula Ben-Gurion, the wife of Israel’s first prime minister. Ben Gurion championed the settling of the Negev. Ben Gurion was noted as saying “In the Negev, the people of Israel and their state will be tested.”
Instead of ripping down the thousands upon thousands of illegal Bedouin homes, the police evacuated the new Jewish village.
The Regavim movement had this to say:
Regavim movement: Evacuate Ma’ale Paula Immediately
The Regavim movement calls on the Israeli government to immediately evacuate Ma’ale Paula, along with the rest of the illegal construction in the Negev, which grows by an additional 3,500 buildings every year.
Regavim’s CEO Meir Deutsch said: “Today, too, we will remind you that what’s worse than not enforcing the law is enforcing it selectively.”
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