‘Demonstrations in Negev show Israel’s incapacity to defeat Palestinians’ – Center East Monitor

Hamas Spokesperson Hazem Qasem asserted on Friday that the rebellion within the Negev area demonstrates that the Zionist occupation can not defeat the Palestinians regardless of utilizing all of its “colonial instruments”.

“Utilizing all of its colonial instruments, the Zionist Israeli occupation didn’t uproot our individuals from the Negev,” Qasem avowed in a press release.

“Palestinian patriotism achieved clear progress in opposition to the Zionist colonial mechanisms,” he added, pointing to the Jewish Nationwide Fund (JNF)’s mission to plant timber within the Negev area as a way of removing the Arabs from their lands.

“This can be a steady battle,” he expressed, including:

It’s going to by no means finish with out the victory of our individuals, who’re the actual house owners of the land.

Learn: Many injured as police break up protests in Israel’s Negev region

Earlier on Friday, the Authorized Heart for Arab Minority Rights in Israel, Adalah, disclosed that the Israeli police used “all brutal means” to suppress a “authorized” demonstration organised on Thursday within the Negev. Adalah reported that the Israeli police detained numerous protesters.

There are round 300 Israeli Arabs – Palestinians who didn’t flee the Israeli occupation in 1948 – dwelling on 5 per cent of their land, whereas Israel confiscated 95 per cent of it in 1948.

Arabs within the Negev region include Bedouin tribes dwelling in villages scattered throughout the world. Many have been there since earlier than the Israeli occupation.

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