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Reeling from October 7, Bedouin citizens struggle to make their losses known
Despite the toll of Hamas' attack, many in the Naqab feel they can only rely on community support in a context where Bedouin life is not valued.
By
Kaid Abu Latif
December 6, 2023
Gov’t contract shows how Israel enlists forests to grab land from Bedouin citizens
An agreement between the Israel Land Authority and Jewish National Fund uses militaristic language justifying tree-planting as weapon against 'invaders.'
By
Meron Rapoport
September 22, 2022
The Palestinian artist reviving the forgotten sounds of the intifada
After discovering a treasure trove of Bedouin music in a shuttered Jenin cassette store, Mo’min Swaitat is re-releasing the lost songs of his youth.
By
Alice Austin
September 21, 2022
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Disillusioned with Ra’am, a new party wants Bedouins to have their own voice
The Islamist Ra'am has long had strong support in the Naqab. But after the party's failures in government, Bedouin citizens are demanding a change.
By
Baker Zoubi
August 17, 2022
WATCH: The dark past and present of the Jewish National Fund
A new video challenges the myths of the JNF, an organization that has played a central role in dispossessing Palestinians from its inception until today.
By
Po Medaykim
February 16, 2022
As Naqab protests intensify, Bedouin women are taking the helm
Women and girls are increasingly on the front lines of Bedouin resistance to Israel’s expropriation of their land — and they’re just getting started.
By
Samah Salaime
January 19, 2022
West Bank settlements are annexing land in Israel, too
Israel has been giving vast swaths of agricultural land inside the Green Line for small West Bank settlements to profit from for years, documents show.
By
Meron Rapoport
January 6, 2022
The killing of a Bedouin man is a weapon in Netanyahu’s war for survival
Netanyahu is using the wrongful police shooting of Yacoub Abu al-Qi'an as a cudgel to attack the authorities charging him with corruption.
By
Edo Konrad
September 9, 2020
‘Total poverty’: Bedouins in Israel struggle to get by under pandemic
The coronavirus crisis has worsened years of government neglect of Bedouins in the Naqab, forcing a once self-sufficient society into deeper destitution.
By
Suha Arraf
July 21, 2020
A pat on the back for condemning anti-Arab racism
A video of a popular children's entertainer mocking Bedouin children was widely condemned by Israeli society. But does the singling out of one racist prevent a real reckoning?
By
Edo Konrad
July 15, 2020
‘Arab students will pay the price’: Pandemic widens Israel’s education gaps
Lacking basic services due to state discrimination, Bedouin students in the Naqab/Negev must be equipped for online schooling, rights groups demand.
By
Oren Ziv
April 7, 2020
If pandemic hits, unrecognized Bedouin villages could ‘become like northern Italy’
Denied basic services, the Naqab's unrecognized villages are not equipped to deal with the coronavirus — and the Israeli government is not stepping in.
By
Oren Ziv
March 29, 2020
Israel steps up campaign against Bedouin village it demolished 173 times
Israeli forces have demolished the village of Al-Araqib 173 times. Now, in an effort to push the residents off their land, Israel is stepping up its harassment through arrests, raids, and fines.
By
Oren Ziv
January 28, 2020
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