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Yad Sarah develops two programs: Hospitality Center and car-safety initiative

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Yad Sarah, a volunteer-staffed organization in Israel that provides home- and health-care aid, is seeing significant growth in two of its programs, including one aimed at safety in the Arab sector. The car-safety initiative was...
Yaqoob Abo Alqean, a well-known Arab-Israeli businessman from the Bedouin sector. Source: Facebook

Arab-Israeli real estate mogul charged with giving information to Iran

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Yaqoob Abo Alqean, an Arab-Israeli millionaire, was charged on Monday with contacting a foreign agent for Iran and passing information to the enemy. According to the Shin Bet, Israel’s internal security service, Alqean was arrested...
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With Bennett at the helm, how will he steer the Bedouin, Negev and illegal...

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Israel’s newly sworn-in Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has many landmines to navigate. One concerns land issues in Israel’s Negev Desert, specifically whether he will rein in unregulated Bedouin settlements that some say threaten to...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Bedouin as part of talking with voters prior to the March 23 election, March 7, 2021. Credit: Courtesy.

Could an Arab party play kingmaker in Israel’s election?

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s effort to gain Israeli Arab votes by emphasizing his practical policy towards them by aiding with issues that concern them appears to be gaining traction. He has been seen...
Researcher Clinton Bailey interviews a Bedouin elder in 1972. Credit: Boris Carmi from the Meitar Collection at the National Library of Israel Archives.

Clinton Bailey Archive of Bedouin Culture comes to National Library of Israel

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Clinton Bailey has conducted research in the deserts of Sinai and the Negev over the past five decades, establishing himself as a world-renowned expert on the Bedouin. The Clinton Bailey Archive of Bedouin Culture is...
Bedouins in the Negev Desert near Arad in southern Israel on Feb. 20, 2020. Photo by Anat Hermony/Flash90.

Israeli NGOs applaud jail term for Bedouin man convicted of polygamy

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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...
Israel Antiquities Authority excavation of the earliest soap factory in the country, discovered in the Bedouin city of Rahat in the Negev Desert. Credit: Emil Aladjem/Israel Antiquities Authority.

1,200-year-old soap factory uncovered in southern Israel

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Israel’s earliest soap factory, dating back approximately 1,200 years, has been uncovered in the Bedouin city of Rahat, the Israel Antiquities Authority reported on Sunday. According to the report, hundreds of local youths were involved...
Israeli diplomat Ishmael Khaldi, Nov. 25, 2019. Source: Facebook.

Israel set to appoint first-ever Bedouin ambassador to head Eritrea mission

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Israel’s Foreign Ministry tapped Ishmael Khaldi on Sunday to head the country’s Eritrea mission in a move that, if approved, will make him the country’s first-ever Bedouin ambassador. Khaldi, who hails from Khawaled, a Bedouin...
Ahmed Saleh Abu Hilal, mayor of Abu Dis, points past the security barrier towards Jerusalem. Photo by Eliana Rudee.

Ahead of sovereignty start date, affected Israelis and Palestinians speak out

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Ahead of Israel’s planned application of sovereignty, which was slated to start as early as July 1 but has been moved forward for the time being, Israelis and Palestinians from neighboring cities over the Green Line...
European Union flags in front of the European Commission building in Brussels. Credit: Amio Cajander via Wikimedia Commons.

EU passes resolution blasting Israel over plans for Bedouin neighborhood

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The European Union passed a resolution on Thursday condemning Israel and instructing the country not to demolish the Bedouin neighborhood of Khan al-Ahmar, whose 180 residents Israel wants to relocate. The final tally was 320 votes in...