Bedouin boycott targets Israeli businesses in response to house demolitions by the state

As home demolitions intensify in unrecognized Negev villages, Bedouin citizens of Israel are boycotting Jewish-Israeli owned businesses and big shopping centers across southern Israel to protest state policies

In the Negev desert, southern Israel, a growing boycott campaign is taking root among Bedouin citizens in response to the Israeli government's continued demolition of homes in unrecognized villages. The community of Al-Sar, also known as Qasr al-Sir, is the latest to face mass displacement as bulldozers raze entire neighborhoods to make way for the expansion of nearby Segev Shalom (Shaqib al-Salam).

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Bedouin boycott targets Israeli businesses in response to house demolitions by the state

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