San Francisco 17 September 2012
Despite an Israeli high court ruling to open a high school in a Bedouin village, students remained deprived of basic educational facilities. Read more about Interview: Israel depriving Bedouins of right to education, says attorney
20 July 2012
Israeli authorities are set to implement the Prawer plan for the dispossession of the Bedouins of the Naqab. Read more about Israel coined the term "Nakba" and is still implementing it
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. Read more about "I want to live in a state that's not racist;" a Bedouin keeps fighting for his people's rights
2 May 2012
Nowhere Left to Go: The Jahalin Bedouin, a new short documentary, can now be watched in its entirety on YouTube. Read more about WATCH: Alice Walker narrates new documentary on Jahalin Bedouin, with Roger Waters on soundtrack
28 March 2012
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. Read more about Plan for Negev mass expulsions moves forward
9 January 2012
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. Read more about Jewish Agency: goal of Israeli government plan to block Bedouin "incursion"
20 December 2011
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. Read more about Land swap deals concluded under occupation are illegal, rights group warns Palestinian leaders
Tel Aviv 2 August 2011
Unemployment and poverty rates among the Negev Bedouin in unrecognized villages are the highest in Israel. Read more about Poverty rife among Bedouin women denied status by Israel
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. Read more about Israel plans to forcibly transfer 40,000 Bedouin citizens
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. Read more about British prime minister steps down as JNF patron