Plans for new Israeli-Bedouin town face array of obstacles
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Government legalizes 3 unrecognized Bedouin towns, fulfilling Ra’am’s pledge
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Israel calls for six-month deadline for demolition of Bedouin village in West Bank
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Fact-check: Are the Negev Bedouin an Indigenous People?
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Yesterday marked the International Day of Indigenous Peoples. During the Knesset’s Finance Committee meeting, MK Mossi Raz of Meretz claimed that the Bedouin minority in the Negev are “indigenous”. We’d like to enlighten MK Raz and explain why his claim is patently false. What constitutes an indigenous people is a complicated question that is yet to be solved. […]
Lapid requests delay in contentious demolition of West Bank Bedouin village
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Rising extremism in Israeli Bedouin society is undeniable
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Today, the General Security Service (Shabak) released details of the arrest of the Bedouin millionaire Yakub Abu-Alkiyan on suspicion of treason. Meir Deutsch, Director General of Regavim responded: “The fact that Abu-Alkiyan, a millionaire with extensive property and business holdings who maintains close ties with leaders of Israel’s economy, passed sensitive security information to Iranian […]
Bedouin lawmaker seeks change through new Israeli government
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How will Bennett deal with illegal land grabs by Negev Bedouin?
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Abbas & new Bedouin “communities”: What’s it all about?
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What are the “new settlements” in the Negev that Raam Party leader Mansour Abbas is demanding? When you imagine the establishment of new settlements, you probably think of architects and engineers who sit down together and plan framework and infrastructure of any new settlement down to the smallest detail. But things in the Negev work […]