[ PIC 17/10/2012 – 07:23 PM ]
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NAZARETH, (PIC)– Palestinian sources in the southern Negev in the 48-occupied Palestine reported that large forces of Israeli police, special units and border guards, stormed at dawn Wednesday the village of “Bir Hadaj”, in southern Negev, raided the houses and arrested about 10 citizens.
Saqr Abu Salouk, member in the media committee of the High Steering Committee of the Arabs of the Negev, stated that the arrests took place at dawn after raiding the houses.
He said that it is for the first time this occupied region witnesses the arrests of such a number of inhabitants, considering this procedure an escalation by the Israeli occupation authorities against the Arabs of the Negev.
Saqr added, in a statement to “Quds Press” news agency, that the occupation accused the detainees of resisting the occupation and preventing Israeli policemen and Ministry of Interior officials from posting demolition orders against a number of houses, which were claimed to be built without permits, last Thursday.
He also reported that clashes erupted between villagers and Israeli forces which used live bullets, rubber-coated bullets and tear gas against the villagers, who have succeeded to prevent the occupation authorities from affixing the demolition orders.
Abu Salouk stated that these arrests took place one day before the demonstration, which Palestinians intends to organize tomorrow, Thursday, in front of the offices of the Israeli Interior Ministry in the city of Beersheba in southern 1948-occupied Palestine, in protest against house demolitions in the Negev.
He pointed out that the High Steering Committee of the Arabs of the Negev, will hold a meeting to discuss the situations in the Negev and the campaign of arrests, and will appoint lawyers to defend the detainees.
Abu Salouk considered that the events in the village of “Bir Hadaj” confirm that the primary objective of the occupation is to seize the lands of of the Palestinian residents in the Negev.
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