Negev Bedouins and Unrecognized Villages
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The Arab Bedouin minority of the Negev is one of the most discriminated groups within the Arab population and within Israeli society as a whole. More than half of the approximately 160,000 Negev Bedouins reside in unrecognized villages, which the state refuses to provide with a planning structure and place under municipal jurisdiction. The government uses a variety of measures to pressure Bedouins into relocating to government-planned urban centers that disregard their lifestyle and needs. Whole communities have been issued demolition orders; others are forced to continue living in unrecognized villages that are denied basic services and infrastructure, such as electricity and running water.
ACRI seeks to protect the rights of the Negev Bedouin by promoting village recognition as a means of eradicating the constant threat of demolition and relocation, while beginning to improve living conditions and access to state resources. Additionally, ACRI opposes current and new settlement construction on land inhabited by residents of unrecognized villages.
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Bedouin Residents Seek Negotiations, State Authority Wants to Destroy
June 27, 2013
Today (June 27, 2013) the Be’er Sheva District Court will hear a petition filed by 300 residents of the … Read more
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ACRI Expresses Dismay as Knesset Passes First Reading of Bedouin Settlement Bill
June 25, 2013
ACRI: the plan is belligerent process that will be a scourge for generations to come. The Knesset plenary … Read more
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Ministers Approve Bill That Will Displace Bedouin
May 6, 2013
The Ministerial Committee on Legislative Affairs today (May 6) approved the draft Bill on the Arrangement of Bedouin Settlement in … Read more
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In depth: Israel Ignores Bedouin Needs with Begin Plan
May 3, 2013
The Ministerial Committee on Legislative Affairs is set to discuss the Bill on the Arrangement of Bedouin Settlement in the … Read more
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NGOs warn: Gov’t plan will displace thousands of Bedouin
April 19, 2013
Ahead of a hearing in the Ministerial Committee on Legislation on the draft law on the Arrangement of Bedouin Settlement … Read more
Legal Work
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ACRI Demands Establishment of Kindergarten in Bedouin Village Rahma
June 10, 2009
At present, Bedouin children between the ages of three and six have no educational framework as is their right according … Read more
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ACRI Petitions for Health Clinic in Unrecognized Bedouin Village
October 27, 2008
Residents of Tel Al-Melach must travel for 2.5 hours to reach nearest health clinic, despite State’s commitment to serve Bedouin … Read more
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ACRI to Court: Link clinics in Bedouin villages to electric grid
July 30, 2007
The Regional Council for the Unrecognized Arab Bedouin Villages of the Negev, Physicians for Human Rights and ACRI petitioned the … Read more
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A three year old Cancer patient will remain without electricity
November 28, 2005
By: Shabtai Gold, Physicians for Human Rights-Israel Enass al Atrash, a resident of an unrecognized Arab-Bedouin village in the Negev, … Read more