The complexity between Jews and Bedouins in the Negev continues/Avi Paz
Much has been said about the blood alliance in the Negev, between the Bedouin society and the Jewish society, starting on October 7, which culminated with the unfortunate fall of Sergeant Major Ahmad Abu Latif, 26 years old from Mahrat, in the house collapse disaster in the center of the Gaza Strip alongside 20 other fighters.
"The blood alliance of the Jews and the Bedouins does not end with the fighting in Gaza," says Hagai Reznik, head of the Reifman Institute for the Development of the Negev and chairman of the Directorate of the Fund for Discharged Soldiers at the Ministry of Defense. "It also continues in the joint work of the medical teams, Jews and Bedouins who work shoulder to shoulder in Soroka, Ashkelon And in the southern settlements."
Reznik continues and says that "a few weeks ago I met with dozens of Bedouin National Service volunteers who volunteer at Soroka Hospital with the wounded.
Some as nurse's assistants and some as doctor's assistants.
Perhaps they will be part of the pool of paramedical professions that is so lacking in the Negev - in nursing, emergency medicine and support professions.
When I visited the hospital, I saw how nurses and doctors work together regardless of their origin when everyone is busy with one thing, how to save lives and how to cure pain."
"The complexity in the Negev remains, we received a painful reminder a week ago"
According to Reznik, "I think this glimpse is one of many that shows the transformation from a brotherly alliance to a blood alliance in the Negev. However, we should not rest on our laurels, as the complexity in the Negev remains the same. We recently received a painful reminder of this, which showed that there are still difficulties and challenges in the Negev - In governance and personal security, in education, employment, infrastructure and housing."
"Just about a week ago, there was a sad incident when three burglars entered the Ratemim settlement. They were caught by the emergency squad that acted with determination and professionalism, and when one of the burglars pulled out a knife, he was neutralized and found dead," Reznik says.
Hagai Reznik, head of the Ripman Institute and former director general of the Ministry of Housing/official website, photo: Sasson Thiram
As the head of the Ripman Institute, which is made up of Jews and Bedouins, Reznik issued an immediate response to the sad case: "It's a difficult morning and the words must be said clearly - breaking into a settlement in the dead of night and pulling out a cold weapon with the aim of harming is a very serious incident and worthy of all contempt. We support the emergency department of my neighbors Let's harness for a determined and correct response. No one will agree that they will enter their home and I'm sure they won't endanger their lives. Besides, this event should not paint the entire reality in the Negev or a certain population in one color and all of us - Bedouin and Jewish Israeli citizens - should work to continue a common existence in the Negev for the benefit of the State of Israel The Rifman Institute will continue to work to change the reality in the Negev while promoting appropriate governmental tools
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even in the broadest sense of the term." This is the response to the case."
We will manage to settle.
The role of the leadership in my view is not necessarily to reconcile the contradictions, but to lead the entire population to a better reality.
The Negev is definitely a good opportunity to start this effort," Reznik concludes.
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