Ari Briggs

Even assuming that the Ottoman Empire duly gave the land away, it is not relevant to the current controversy.

The fact is that the area occupied by the squatters has only served as grazing land.

Different governments deal with the issue of nomadic groups in different ways.

Peace Now purposely misrepresented this step – which was simply the formal completion of a well-known process – as expropriation of land, and another example of “occupation, expulsion and theft.”

By demanding Israel equip illegal houses with shelters, they further seek to legitimize Beduin illegal occupation of state land.

We are told that the Beduins live in a mere 45 historical villages and are forced to build illegally because their communities are not recognized by the state.

As long as there is no determined law enforcement and a small number of Beduin can take what they want, no plan will work.

A + B + C x (EU) = 100%

EU call for 27 member states to "prevent" Israeli activity immoral, predetermine borders.

Avri Gilad, in his post, called on the government “to stop the Begin plan immediately,” and said, “We have to re-conquer the Negev.”