Settlers established illegal outposts nearby, mimicking Bedouin shepherding but using them as bases for attacks, often coordinated with Israeli occupation forces. This included stealing or poisoning livestock—reducing the village’s 24,000 sheep to under 3,000—and erecting fences to block grazing areas. The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) documented the initial displacement of 20 families (129 individuals, including 50 children and 25 women) on January 8, 2026, as part of a systematic policy to depopulate the area for colonial expansion. This incident fits into a broader pattern of forced displacements in the occupied West Bank. In 2025 alone, Israeli settlers and forces displaced at least 13 rural Palestinian communities, affecting 190 families and 1,090 individuals, with attacks including 892 incidents, 14 deaths, and the destruction of over 35,000 trees… As one resident put it, the ordeal reflects a “second Nakba,” echoing the mass displacements of 1948, and highlights the ongoing struggle for land and livelihood in the region.
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The Bedouin people predate the Jewish people by something like 5,000 years.
Like much news lately, this story made me very sad. I was just reading about new sanctions on Iran, so much suffering at the hands of the empire and their proxies. Reverend Jeremiah Wright was right, and Obama withdrawing his membership from his church was the bellweather of things to come. Zero integrity should set off alarm bells.
