The Israeli police had arrested more than 100 Palestinian citizens, including children, during the events that took place in recent days in the Negev desert.
On Sunday, January 16, 2022, Occupation authorities extended the arbitrary arrest of 50 detainees and released the rest into house arrest, while appeals filed by Israeli police and lawyers representing the citizens are being studied by courts.
In recent days, hundreds of local Arabs in Negev staged protests against the exposure of their lands to appropriation by the “Jewish National Fund,” an Israeli organisation that collects money from Jews around the world to seize Palestinian property.
The protests were met with brutal force by the Israeli police, causing several injuries, while many were arrested and jailed.
Last Thursday, in particular, hundreds of local Arabs in Negev staged protests against their land confiscation by this Jewish National Fund.
However, Israeli police, some disguised in Arab clothes, violently suppressed the protests, and arrested many demonstrators.
Occupation police also used stun grenades, rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse the protesters, injuring many local citizens.
