Negev Bedouin volunteers fix vandalized Jewish Israeli graveyard
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Negev Bedouin volunteers fix vandalized Jewish Israeli graveyard
Alumni of nonprofit organization Desert Stars sprang into action after seeing a social-media post from the two Bedouin youth who caused the damage.
By Abigail Klein Leichman
(January 25, 2021 / Israel21c) After two Bedouin teenagers bragged on TikTok about vandalizing a Jewish graveyard at Moshav Nevatim about five miles south of Beersheva in the Negev Desert, a group of about 20 young adults from a variety of Bedouin villages sprang into action.
Armed with paint and brushes, they headed to the cemetery the next morning—even though it was Friday, the Muslim Sabbath—and worked for hours to repair damaged tombstones, scraping and painting over hateful graffiti.