The Zionist entity announced that it had withdrawn a bill that proposed the expropriation of land and the forcible transfer of tens of thousands of Bedouins from 35 unrecognized villages in the Naqab desert.

The Zionist entity announced that it had withdrawn a bill that proposed the expropriation of land and the forcible transfer of tens of thousands of Bedouins from 35 unrecognized villages in the Naqab desert, Electronic Intifada reported.

Known as the Prawer Plan, the Israeli government scheme was met with mass protests throughout historic Palestine, including several “Days of Rage.”

As news emerged that the bill was about to be withdrawn, some Israeli officials, such as foreign minister Avigdor Lieberman, claimed that in its current form, the plan had been, if anything, "too generous to Bedouins."

Newspapers reported that contrary to the Israeli government’s claims, the Prawer Plan had never been approved by the Bedouin community.

“The withdrawal of the Prawer Plan bill is a major achievement in the history of the Palestinian community in the Zionist entity,” Adalah, the legal center for Arab minority rights in the Zionist entity, stated today.

“It shows that popular action, legal advocacy and international pressure can succeed in defending the rights of 70,000 Arab Bedouin residents of the unrecognized villages in the Naqab to live with freedom and dignity on their own lands and in their villages.”