Umm al-Hiran

Umm al-Hiran-Atir is located in the Wadi Atir area of the Negev desert, eight kilometres north-east of the Bedouin township of Hura.

They were corralled into an area known as Siyag to the northeast of Beersheba, which was designated a closed military zone, barring Bedouins from accessing their original land.

Ayman Odeh, the leader of the Joint List, made the housing crisis and treatment of Bedouins his party's top priority following the March 2015 elections.

Other MKs have also come out in opposition to the plan, including MK Tamar Zandberg from Meretz, who argued "How will we be able to explain how we razed a village… just because the people belong to a different ethnic or religious group?"

[7] It was further argued that the government's action did not violate the community's legal rights, and that the "proportionate harm" that would be caused by the evictions and demolitions was within acceptable boundaries.

The newly appointed Justice Minister, Ayelet Shaked, argued that the demolitions did not reflect discrimination against Bedouins or Arabs, but that since the village was unrecognised, its residents were not eligible for any compensation.

[8] Supreme Court Justice Daphne Barak Erez criticised the government's actions, arguing that it should reconsider the proposed compensation, given the Bedouins had lived in Umm al-Hiran for decades.

[10] The community of Umm al-Hiran is part of the Abu al Qi'an tribe, originally from Khirbet Zubaleh and belong to the Sunni branch of Islam.

Before dawn on January 18, 2017 when Israeli police officers and a Green Patrol of the Israel Land Authority arrived at the village to demolish homes.

In the immediate aftermath, several Israeli politicians and police officials falsely accused Abu Al-Qia'an of having been a terrorist affiliated with the Islamic State.