The Jewish National Fund at Work

“The Israel Land Authority will agree to uproot trees that were systematically planted in order to deter Bedouin residents from areas in the Negev desert, if it is decided to allocate the lands to formalize unrecognized Bedouin settlements.

…The planting, which the Jewish National Fund (Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael) is in charge of, is planned across 40,000 dunams (10,000 acres) and focuses on areas around the Bedouin communities of Segev Shalom and Abu Talul.

Israel Says May Uproot Trees Planted to Deny Negev Lands to Bedouin – Haaretz

An unrecognized Bedouin village in the Negev, December 2019.Credit: Eyal Toueg

An unrecognized Bedouin village in the Negev, December 2019.Credit: Eyal Toueg