06.10.2011 - 17:27 [ Guardian ]

Arab-Israeli towns go on strike over plans to confiscate their land

Six Arab-Israeli towns in Israel‘s southern Negev region have ground to a halt in protest at government plans to confiscate swathes of land from the Bedouin community. If the proposal passes through the Knesset, Israel‘s parliament, unopposed, 30,000 people could be forced from their homes within 60 days.