A conference led by Madrasah Sde Boker in the Negev together with the Ripman Institute for the Development of the Negev dealt with changes in the life of Bedouin society in the Negev after the October Seventh, and spoke about the most important issues for promoting and improving the quality of life in the region
. The Bedouin in the Negev and Jewish-Bedouin relations after the October Sabbath.
The conference was opened by Lt. Col. (resp.) Salma Abu Edisan, head of the Neve Mebar Council, Dror Aloni, CEO of Midresh Sade Boker, Sen. Yaniv Shlomo, special advisor to the government for the Bedouin Society, and Hagi Reznik, head of the Rifman Institute for Negev Development. The conference was moderated by the active talent The socialite Amal Abu Alkom.
The speakers talked about the alliance of brothers that was created both in the military campaign and the heavy price paid in civil society. Dror Aloni, CEO of the Sade Boker seminary, explained the importance of the conference that the seminary under his leadership holds every year - and this year it was important for the seminary to focus specifically on partnership in light of the situation.
Lt. Col. (Rest.) Salama Abu Edisan, who until recently served in active combat service, explained that the role of the state and the elected officials in the local and national arena - "to continue this alliance, and not to take into account exceptional cases that were condemned from wall to wall by the Bedouin society". "The Bedouin citizens of Israel are a contributing population, there is no need to prove this over and over again and now it is our role as local and national leadership to change." Senator Yaniv Shlomo reinforced his words and listed a series of examples of saving lives and intervening between Bedouins and Jews.
The conference also heard personal stories of Suleiman Shalibi and Ombrek Abu Jalidan about brave rescues they carried out around the "Black Sabbath".
The second session was attended by a series of experts who spoke about the need for a comprehensive national plan for the Negev for joint development, among them Majdi Mazarib, the former tracker officer of the Southern Command, Ms. Hanan Al Sana, who presented at the conference the theme of the seventh of October in the perspective of the Bedouin woman and Lt. Col. (Res.) Vahid Al Huzail, the CEO of the 7th Bedouin Victims' Forum in October and a past recipient of the TLS, talked about the actions he takes to support and accompany the victims along with developments in the Bedouin society on the timeline and with the backing of detailed data. Eli Atzmon, a veteran content expert in the Bedouin world, also described the difficulties that the Bedouin society is going through. In the Negev, especially at this time.
Hagai Reznik, the head of the Rifman Institute, also referred to the need to complete the protection for the Bedouin society: "I'm glad, Reznik said. Both the Bedouin Authority and the security establishment pay attention to the issue of protection. Dozens of shields have been placed at the urging of Yuval Turgeman, the director general of the Authority and the security system, but there are still quite a few gaps left. We will help as much as we can to push and bring more shields and smart solutions to thicken the protection for our Bedouin brothers. ".