Reform Blueprint Negev/Save the Negev
In the Negev
the people of Israel
shall be tested

David Ben Gurion

We abroad are used to believing that Eretz Yisrael is now almost totally desolate, a desert that is not sowed....But in truth that is not the case.
Ahad Haam, "Truth from the Land of Palestine"

Save the Negev is in
discussion with JNF-US
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Save the Negev website created by
Rabbi David Seidenberg Contact Reb Duvid

A-tir and Um al-Hiran

On June 26 2007, A-tir and Um al-Hiran were the first Bedouin villages destroyed since Israel began in earnest to implement some of its Negev plans.

If you can't view the movie click here.




   

  • A history of A-tir and Um al-Hiran
  • Interviews with residents of A-tir (Hebrew and Arabic) by F.A.S.T.

  • Haaretz article on the demolition of A-tir and Um al-Hiran

  • The Regional Council for Unrecognized Villages press release before the demolition

  • Ameinu on the demolition of A-tir and Um al-Hiran

  • Satellite image of A-tir

  • Map showing the unrecognized villages (A-tir and Um al-Hiran are in the square to the left of the upper right corner):


    • The movie and map link were created by the "Foundation for Achieving Seamless Territory".



    Enlarge the map to see the surrounding area, zoom in to see what were the buildings.



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