ISRAEL El-Arakib, Negev desert
A girl holds a TV set that her family got as a present. The unrecognized Bedouin village of El-Arakib, in Israel's southern Negev desert, is at the center of land dispute between Bedouin residents and Israel's government. Its residents were allowed to reside in the cemetery compound of the village, and as of October 8, 2013 structures outside the compound were demolished by authorities for the 55th time already in recent years.
A girl holds a TV set that her family got as a present. The unrecognized Bedouin village of El-Arakib, in Israel's southern Negev desert, is at the center of land dispute between Bedouin residents and Israel's government. Its residents were allowed to reside in the cemetery compound of the village, and as of October 8, 2013 structures outside the compound were demolished by authorities for the 55th time already in recent years.