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Bedouin Policy Earns Rebuke for Israel by U.S.

JL;DR SUMMARY The U.S. State Department's human rights report highlights concerns about Bedouin rights in Israel, specifically focusing on the demolition of Bedouin dwellings as a result of Israeli relocation policies. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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U.S. State DepartmentDemolitionPrice Tag AttacksBedouin RightsHuman Rights ReportRelocation PoliciesArab DiscriminationInternational Standards

Places mentioned

Southern District, Israel
"The report noted that the government demolished 413 buildings in Bedouin villages in the Negev and that another 449 homes were demolished by Bedouin seeking to avoid demolition costs levied by the government."
Gaza Strip, Gaza, Palestinian Territories
"The report included a section on anti-Semitism in Palestinian-controlled areas, citing expressions of anti-Semitism and Holocaust denial by officials and outlets of both the West Bank-based Palestinian Authority and Hamas authorities in the Gaza Strip."
Ukraine
"Elsewhere in the annual human rights report, the State Department reported a decline in anti-Semitism in Ukraine in 2013, a period before the eruption of unrest in recent weeks."
France
"In the introduction to its report on France, the State Department said, The most significant human rights problems during the year included an increasing number of anti-Semitic and anti-Muslim incidents."

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