In the Negev desert in January , violent clashes broke out between Bedouin Arab villagers and Israeli police after the Israeli government planted thousands of trees on land the Bedouins consider their own. The incident threatened to topple the fragile government coalition, which depends on the support of an Israeli Arab party. The crisis is being mediated but is yet another example of the anger many Bedouins in Israel carry. Linda Gradstein and Ricki Rosen report from the Negev Bedouin village of Al-Zarnuq.
As United Arab List chairman makes a push for a historic plan to recognize Bedouin towns, a rift deepens with the Joint List over political support and how best to oppose JNF tree-planting
At least 15 were briefly detained after refusing to leave 'Ma'aleh Paula,' which was set up by activists looking to pressure authorities on Bedouin construction in the Negev
New research has uncovered an Israeli military operation commanded by Moshe Dayan, whose goal was to forcibly remove Bedouin citizens from their lands. ‘Transferring the Bedouin to new territories would annul their rights as landowners and make them tenants on government lands,’ wrote Dayan in 1951