Join our channels   Israel/Palestine - Israel's Mabo - 16' min
40'' sec [11 April 2011]     Conflicts over land in Israel are
almost as old as the land itself. Despite living in the Negev
Desert long before modern-day Israel was formed, Bedouin who
want to live here are being accused of 'trespassing'.  Nuri is
struggling to reclaim land taken from his family by Israeli
authorities over 60 years ago. "Today I face Israel as an
ordinary citizen, who does not own anything". Standing on the
edge of the land where he was born, Nuri can't set foot onto it.
Nearby, a village is bulldozed by Israeli authorities - and then
re-built by defiant Bedouin locals for the seventh time. As the
struggle continues, the Israeli government are unflinching,
arguing that the Bedouin don't qualify as indigenous but have
"been trespassing for generations".    (Ref: 5114)