Last year the Knesset announced it would establish a committee to work with the Bedouin Authority to recommend solutions to the lack of Bedouin land and planning policies and the grave results of this dearth. The committee, directed by Judge Emeritus Eliezer Goldberg, granted ACRI the right to testify before the committee during its research phase. ACRI prepared a detailed presentation including human rights perspectives as well as international law principles in regards to Israel’s obligations to ensure equitable planning for the Bedouin community and to protect their rights as an indigenous population. ACRI appeared before the committee in May 2008.
