Israeli Bulldozers Damage Wheat Crops in Negev

Bedouin citizens from the Negev protest in front of the Prime Minister’s office in Jerusalem against afforestation on their lands, in late January 2022. (EPA)

Bulldozers from the Jewish National Fund (JNF) and the Israel Land Authority (ILA) destroyed on Sunday the agricultural farming lands of the Arab citizens in Umm Batin and Tal as-Sabi villages, under the protection of Israeli police and special units.

Witnesses said the police closed the area, prevented the land owners from approaching and destroyed wheat and barley crops. The police claimed the land being planted is state-owned.