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To: sammy levy who wrote (2784)	4/15/2003 6:04:50 PM
From: Elmer Flugum	Respond to of 6945

Thousands of Dunams of Bedouin Agricultural Land Destroyed in the Negev Tsaher Rotem April 3, 2003, Ha'aretz Planes of the Israel Lands Authority (ILA) sprayed toxic chemicals on Bedouin fields yesterday (April 2, 2003), claiming this was State Land. The Bedouin maintain this is their land. Wheat and melon fields were destroyed by 'Roundup', a chemical used to poison the fields. The State maintains this is an herbicide which doesn't harm animals or people. The area sprayed is is near the recognized Townships of Rahat, and Laqiya, and east of the Bedouin township Hura. Of this land, 2,500 dunams are inside a military fire zone. The spraying began at 8AM and lasted for one hour. Gabriel Weisman, the Head of Southern Region of ILA said, "We did what the Law allows, in order to preserve our ownership and control over State Land. For several years, the ILA leased lands to Bedouin farmers. Today the ILA claims that Bedouin displaced other Bedouin from their lands. (This claim can not be substantiated by Bustan.). Sheik Jabar Abu Kaf, the Head of a tribe where 1,500 dunams of land were destroyed in the recent operation, says, the tribe is the legal owner of the land. Last month several thousand dunams of agricultural land were destroyed by toxic chemicals in the area of Abde and Ovdat, March 3, 2003. bustanlshalom.org Redeeming the Land sammy?