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Israeli Bedouin say hope for better life crushed after deadly crackdown
The crackdown involved arrests and fines targeting illegal weapons and crime, with police shooting a father of six; critics allege political motives behind the operation.
- On December 27, Israeli police began a two-week crackdown in Tarabin, a Bedouin village in the Negev, encircling it, setting roadblocks, firing tear gas, and searching homes, with forces withdrawing later this year.
- Authorities justified the operation as disrupting criminal activity and enforcing the law; Police described the "New Order" operation as targeting illegal weapons, while residents and activists called it political incitement and scapegoating.
- Dozens of residents described traumatic scenes, including children who have not returned to school, with two young children seen near a burnt-out car by the village school, while Abed Tarabin called the operation unprecedented.
- Facing long-term marginalisation, Tarabin residents said the village was collectively punished and some who voted for Netanyahu's Likud in 2022 will not do so this year, risking deeper mistrust among about 300,000 Bedouin living in Israel.
- Far-Right National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir visited Tarabin multiple times and helped lead the operation, while Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned on January 7 that crime was "out of control".
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