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"I want to live in a state that's not racist;" a Bedouin keeps fighting for his people's rights

Jillian Kestler-D'Amours
22 May 2012

A Bedouin activist has filed an appeal to Israel’s highest court in an attempt to make the state recognize his land rights.

WATCH: Alice Walker narrates new documentary on Jahalin Bedouin, with Roger Waters on soundtrack

Submitted by Maureen Clare Murphy on Wed, 05/02/2012 - 16:02

Nowhere Left to Go: The Jahalin Bedouin, a new short documentary, can now be watched in its entirety on YouTube.

Plan for Negev mass expulsions moves forward

Submitted by Ben White on Wed, 03/28/2012 - 11:00

Israel’s Prime Minister’s Office approves another step along the road to the implementation of the Prawer recommendations, which are presented as a “development plan” for the “improvement of living conditions” for all citizens of the Negev – but with the mass expulsion of the Bedouin Palestinian citizens at the heart of the proposal.

Jewish Agency: goal of Israeli government plan to block Bedouin "incursion"

Submitted by Ben White on Mon, 01/09/2012 - 09:11

High-ranking Jewish Agency official confirms that Israeli government plan for new communities in the Negev is about preventing Bedouin “incursion” and an “Arab belt” of land.

Land swap deals concluded under occupation are illegal, rights group warns Palestinian leaders

Submitted by Adri Nieuwhof on Tue, 12/20/2011 - 15:18

The human rights organization Al Haq published a new report on the illegality of ‘land swap’ agreements that warns Palestinian leaders that as long as Israel occupies the Palestinian territory, any ‘land swap’ agreement is contrary to international law.

Poverty rife among Bedouin women denied status by Israel

Tel Aviv
2 August 2011

Unemployment and poverty rates among the Negev Bedouin in unrecognized villages are the highest in Israel.

Israel plans to forcibly transfer 40,000 Bedouin citizens

Jillian Kestler-D'Amours
16 June 2011

A new Israeli proposal that would forcibly transfer more than 40,000 Bedouin citizens into government-planned townships in the Negev (Naqab) desert has raised the ire of Bedouin communities and their supporters, who say that the plan is both discriminatory and ignores the Bedouins’ historic connection to the land.

British prime minister steps down as JNF patron

Asa Winstanley
London
31 May 2011

The British prime minister has stepped down from his position as honorary patron of the Jewish National Fund (JNF). The move comes as pressure on the JNF steps up in Britain, and is being hailed by activists as a big victory in the boycott, divestment and sanctions campaign.

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