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October 4, 2011. Bedouin crop preparation on the outskirts of the unrecognized village of Makḥūl, indicated by the shallow “scratching” character of the plowing and the manual preparation of the fields. Depressions in the upper right corner and at the top show the start of “badlands,” with the fissures’ incursion into the fields (see 2). On the right of the image are shallow dams to optimize rainwater retention for the planted crops. The construction of cisterns for Bedouin farmers is forbidden. In cases when water is supplied to a village, it is for domestic use without provision of water to irrigate the fields. The Bedouins in this region were given the land in compensation for their evacuation from their homes in Tel Malḥa in the 1980s. Makḥūl, established on September 29, 2003, by Government Resolution 881, which created eight Bedouin settlements, was previously recognized. However, in September 2013, the village was destroyed by the Israeli military.