Every time it is destroyed, its inhabitants rebuild it with wood and nylon covers in defiance of plans to be uprooted and displaced from their land, the Wafa news agency reported.

According to the source, the Yoav police unit demolished the village for the first time on July 27, 2010, and the last time it happened at the end of last month.

The occupation authorities continue to harass Arab citizens in the Negev desert through campaigns aimed at confiscating land, razing agricultural crops and demolishing their houses, Safa said.

The village of Al Araqib is home to 22 families, in total about 800 people, who live from livestock and agriculture.

Some 240,000 Bedouins live in the desert, almost half of them in communities not recognized by the Israeli authorities, who systematically demolish their settlements.

Lacking official recognition, these towns lack basic services such as electricity and water networks, roads, schools and health centers.

The news outlet denounced the Israeli government’s refusal to admit the Bedouin’s land ownership rights in order to push them into forced migration.

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