Bedouin

With Uptick in Bedouin Crime, Calls Grow for Israeli Government to Take Back Control of South

View of the Bedouin city of Rahat in southern Israel, on April 8, 2019. Photo by Moshe Shai/Flash90

View of the Bedouin city of Rahat in southern Israel, on April 8, 2019. Photo by Moshe Shai/Flash90

Israel’s Sovereignty Movement, headed by Nadia Matar and Yehudit Katzover, organized a tour of the Negev Desert on Dec. 28 for journalists, think-tank professionals and influencers to get a glimpse into the lives of the 300,000 Bedouin who live in that region.

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Posted by Josh Hasten in Jewish News Syndicate

Israeli NGOs Applaud Jail Term for Bedouin Man Convicted of Polygamy

Bedouins in the Negev Desert near Arad in southern Israel on Feb. 20, 2020. Photo by Anat Hermony/Flash90.

Bedouins in the Negev Desert near Arad in southern Israel on Feb. 20, 2020. Photo by Anat Hermony/Flash90.

An Israeli Bedouin resident of the Negev desert was sentenced to seven months in prison this past week by the Beersheva Magistrates Court for practicing polygamy. The sentencing was welcomed by the Israeli NGO Regavim, whose mission is to preserve Israel’s resources, and which has been studying and monitoring the practice of polygamy in the Bedouin sector for years.

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Posted by Josh Hasten in Jewish News Syndicate

Lawless Bedouin Village Will Remain Intact

After nearly a decade, the saga of the illegal Bedouin village of Khan Al-Amar continues. Over the weekend Prime Minister Netanyahu delayed the evacuation of the illegal squatters’ colony adjacent to Highway One between Jerusalem and the Dead Sea. He promised that one day it will be taken down, but now as a result of his capitulation to foreign remonstrators, when that will happen nobody knows. Joining Josh Hasten on this week’s Israel Uncensored, is Naomi Kahn the director of the international division of the Regavim Organization, a group committed to safeguarding Israel’s State Lands, to discuss this latest development on Khan Al-Amar.

Posted by Josh Hasten in Israel Uncensored