Forces of the Israeli Land Authority have destroyed today (8 February 2006) 2,500 dunams of crops belonging to Bedouin families in the Negev. The fields, belonging to the families of Abu-Zaed – Alturi and Abu-Altayef, are located south of the city of Rahat and have been in their possession prior to the establishment of the State of Israel.

During the past several years, the Israeli Land Authority has destroyed crops in fields belonging to Bedouin families for generations, claiming that they were planted on state land.