Israeli land authority destroys Bedouin fields in Negev

[Jefferson23]

BEERSHEBA (Ma'an) -- Bulldozers and tractors sent by the Israel Land Authority on Wednesday morning destroyed fields of wheat, barley and other cereal grains planted by Palestinian Bedouins in the Negev.

Residents told a Ma'an reporter in the southern Israeli region that tractors plowed and destroyed crops that had been planted on lands belonging to the Huzayyil tribe, before moving to the area of the nearby Awajan Bedouin village.

Israeli authorities said that Negev Bedouins have taken control of state lands which they could have instead leased on a yearly basis at cheap rates.

The Bedouins said they refused to sign any lease because if they do it would constitute approving Israeli claims that their private lands are state properties.

http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=671036

[PumpkinAle]

1. So rather than work with

they chose to destroy. Sad, very, very sad and totally unnecessary.