Israel is trying to steal more Palestinian land in the Negev – Cartoon

While Israeli media have reported that the Jewish National Fund (JNF) has started to plant trees in the desert in a project worth $48 million, local residents protest about the project, saying that it is a prelude to the confiscation of their land by Israel.

“The current stage of the project targets the land belonging to six Arab villages,” Jomaa Zabarqeh, of the Supreme Arab Guidance Committee in the Negev said.

According to Zabarqeh, such attempts to confiscate the land are not new but have increased sharply recently.

Israeli occupation forces met the protests with violence, detaining dozens of protesters.