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October 9, 2011. Remains of the demolished home of ‛Awad Abu Ḥbak, of the ‛Azāzme tribe, in the vicinity of the village of Bīr Haddāj. The home was demolished in 2006 and the family forced to move further east. Signs of heavy vehicles and scouring of the area are visible, with the structural remains and belongings strewn about the site. In 1978, Abu Ḥbak and the other members of Bīr Haddāj were evacuated by the military (see 10). In 2004, as part of the Israeli government’s “Abu Basma Plan” to sedentarize the Bedouins of the Negev, Bīr Haddāj and eight other Bedouin villages were officially recognized as Bedouin townships. But with the provisions of the plan deemed unacceptable to the Bedouins, no family has purchased land in accordance with the new mandate of the Israeli law.