"Israeli soldiers evicted
several hundred Bedouins from a village in the occupied West Bank on Monday
after the army declared the area a live-fire training zone. The residents of
Wadi al-Maleh, a village mostly inhabited by shepherds in the arid area
bordering Jordan, had almost all left their homes by an evening curfew and
retreated to neighboring villages, Aref Daraghmeh, a local leader, told Reuters.
The displacement coincided with several demolitions of Arab properties in the
West Bank and East Jerusalem, which come as the United States is trying to
revive stalled peace. In January, villagers received a similar eviction order
and left without resisting, only to return after 48 hours. Almost all of their
90 buildings, including shelters for their animals, were demolished in 2010,
local rights groups said."