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Negev Bedouin volunteers fix vandalized Jewish Israeli graveyard
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Negev Bedouin volunteers fix vandalized Jewish Israeli graveyard
Alumni of nonprofit organization Desert Stars sprang into action after seeing a social-media post from the two Bedouin youth who caused the damage.
By Abigail Klein Leichman
(January 25, 2021 / Israel21c) After two Bedouin teenagers bragged on TikTok about vandalizing a Jewish graveyard at Moshav Nevatim about five miles south of Beersheva in the Negev Desert, a group of about 20 young adults from a variety of Bedouin villages sprang into action.
Armed with paint and brushes, they headed to the cemetery the next morning even though it was Friday, the Muslim Sabbath and worked for hours to repair damaged tombstones, scraping and painting over hateful graffiti.
Muslim Volunteers Fix Vandalized Jewish Graveyard
Muslim Volunteers Fix Vandalized Jewish Graveyard
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NEVATIM, Israel After two Bedouin teenagers bragged on TikTok about vandalizing a Jewish graveyard, a group of their young adult peers sprang into action.
Armed with paint and brushes, the approximately 20 volunteers headed to the cemetery located in Nevatim, an agricultural community about five miles south of Beersheva, last week and worked for hours to repair damaged tombstones and paint over hateful graffiti.
All those who joined in the effort are recent alumni of Desert Stars, a nonprofit organization that creates a cross-tribal network of young Bedouin leaders in the Negev desert. Bedouins are members of an ethnic group of nomadic Arabs that have historically inhabited desert areas in the region. Most Bedouin tribes adhere to and practice Islam.
Jan 21, 2021
Alumni of Desert Stars sprang into action after seeing a social-media post from the two Bedouin youth who caused the damage.
By Abigail Klein Leichman, ISRAEL21c
After two young Bedouin teenagers bragged on TikTok about vandalizing a Jewish graveyard at Moshav Nevatim about five miles south of Beersheva in the Negev, a group of about 20 young adults from a variety of Bedouin villages sprang into action.
Armed with paint and brushes, they headed to the cemetery the next morning – even though it was Friday, the Muslim Sabbath – and worked for hours to repair damaged tombstones and scrape and paint over hateful graffiti.