 هنوث of people demonstrated on January 30th in front of the Israeli prime minister's office in Jerusalem. they were protesting the ongoing land grab happening in the Al Naqab or Nagev desert in southern Israel. They also demanded the legalization of unrecognized settlements there. من هنا نطلخ رسالات الحق في الوجود الحق في الحياة على أرضنا في الناقب الناقب ب 12 مليون دونهم يملك تلاتة فلمية منه ملك العرب إسرائيل ذاركة 97% وتريد أن تسرق تلاتة فلمية يطاهدون، يحرقون مزروعات يحصادرون أرض يهديمون بيوت كل ست ساعات يهدم بيت في النقب هذا مش دولي، هذا عصابي The protesters also demanded the release of all those protesters who were arrested in the last three weeks Sunday's protest is one among many demonstrations that have been going on for more than three weeks now in the region Protests have been happening against the Jewish National Fund's Forestation Initiative which Palestinian Bedouins say is being staged to confiscate their land in the area The JNF has been widely criticized as being a greenwashing tool for the Israeli government Around 75% of JNF agricultural settlements and forests cover over 80 villages of pre-1948 Palestine Right-wing Israeli groups have been forcibly planting trees on Bedouin land with the assistance of Israeli forces The forces have been carrying out demolitions of Bedouin tents and destroying large swaths of land that the Bedouins have historically used for cultivation في القراء العربية مسلوبة الإعتراف في النقب الإعتراف لملكية أهلنا لمئات آلاف الدنومات التي تتنكر السلطات الإسرائيلية لهذه الملكية وما زالت تخطط للاستيلاع عليها من أجل تسكين اليهود كما حدث في قرية أم الحران التي تم تدمير أكثر من عشر منازل فيها من أجل قامة بلدة يهودية أكثر من 300.000 أرابي سيديسين يمتلون في النقب يمتلون على 5% of their land 95% of which they say was confiscated by Israel بدأت في 1948 The villages currently under attack are among 36 Palestinian Bedouin villages which are not officially recognized by the State of Israel Similar demolition operations were also carried out in other Bedouin villages last month during which Israeli forces destroyed crops and agricultural land The non-recognition of these villages by the Israeli government means that they are constantly at risk of demolition and confiscation This also bars them from receiving any kind of aid or assistance from the Israeli government in terms of infrastructure, electricity, water supply, roads, schools, healthcare, etc Earlier attempts at similar displacement initiatives were consistently met with mass resistance and protests Similarly, a demonstration was held in front of the Israeli municipality on January 30th against the ongoing demolition drive of Palestinian houses inside the city and in the Al-Nakkab desert