The Israeli army can go ahead with a plan to expel some 600 Bedouin who fled Egypt last week, Israel’s Supreme Court ruled Monday. The tribesmen had fled across the Sinai to escape a feud with another clan, but the Negev regional council later called on the army to expel them, saying it did not have the resources to care for them.
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