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Amnesty accuses Israel of ‘ethnic cleansing’ of West Bank Bedouins
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- Add ARY News on Google AAResize Ramallah: Amnesty International accused Israel on Wednesday of an “ethnic cleansing” campaign against Bedouin and herding communities in the occupied West Bank.
- “Israeli authorities are accelerating annexation through a state-driven campaign of ethnic cleansing targeting Palestinian Bedouin and herding communities” of the West Bank, said the report.
- “This report is nothing more than another attempt to advance that agenda through false and baseless allegations that have no connection to reality whatsoever.”
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Add ARY News on Google AAResize Ramallah: Amnesty International accused Israel on Wednesday of an “ethnic cleansing” campaign against Bedouin and herding communities in the occupied West Bank.
A new report by the rights group found that the campaign was aimed at accelerating the annexation of the Palestinian territory, with these rural communities bearing the brunt of Israeli settler violence and forced displacement.
“Israeli authorities are accelerating annexation through a state-driven campaign of ethnic cleansing targeting Palestinian Bedouin and herding communities” of the West Bank, said the report.
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