THE NEGEV, (PIC)-- Hundreds of Palestinians were left homeless after Israel leveled the Negev village of Araqib for the eleventh consecutive time on Monday morning.
Israel does not recognize the village, which residents have rebuilt time and time again making it a symbol of resistance.
Despite cold and rainy weather, a large force of police and special units forced women and children out of their makeshift homes at gunpoint after the men had gone off to work and bulldozed the structures including contents and a sit-in tent pitched by the supreme follow-up committee for Arab citizens.
Villagers found their only resort in the local cemetery.
Arab Knesset member Talab al-Sani made an urgent appeal to the Negev's Arabs to save the village through popular involvement and heavy presence in Araqib.
Sani, who is also chairman of the Arab Democratic Party, called the village a symbol of steadfastness.
"We must all be with Araqib. Its success is success for all. It will be a fateful turning point for the Negev's remaining unrecognized villages."
River to Sea
Uprooted Palestinian
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