In spite of the presence of an International Committee in charge of examining the living conditions of the Arab residents in the Negev, the Israeli Authorities demolished two Arab homes and uprooted 100 olive trees.
Dozens of Israeli policemen, accompanied by bulldozers, invaded the village of Bir Al Hamam unrecognized Arab village in the Negev after declaring it a closed military zone.
Later on, two homes were demolished and at least 100 olive trees were uprooted. The two homes belong to Hammad and Salama Abu Asa.
Several other homes were most likely demolished before this report was published as the bulldozers were ongoing with the destruction in the village and around it.
The attack comes international observers are in the village to observe the conditions there.
The Regional Council of the Unrecognized Villages in the Negev intends to ask the observers to visit the location of the demolished homes and the uprooted trees in order to examine the situation and talk to the residents.
Hussein Arafy'a, head of the Council said that the world is overlooking the this issue while the residents of the unrecognized villages, and their children, are homeless and are living without basic services, including water supplies.
The international observers said that their committee will hold a press conference in Jerusalem on Saturday in order to announce what it described as “important and dangerous findings”.
The Conference will be held Saturday March 14, 2009, at 1 P.M. The location of the conference is at the Conference Hall in the Ambassador Hotel in East Jerusalem.
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