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After decades of government disregard, perhaps the attempt to resolve the political tangle will force a strategic plan to regulate Bedouin settlement in the Negev.
At the same time, it must be ensured that the future of the South is not sacrificed on the altar of the coalition train
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While cinemas are still closed due to corona restrictions, the southern region has provided quite a bit of material for horror films in recent times.
This week, a couple from Be'er Sheva "starred" at the plot center, who went for a walk with their dog last Saturday night, when a car suddenly appeared and almost hit them.
The frightened couple remarked to the driver, a young man from the Bedouin diaspora, who in response threatened them with a gun.
Fortunately this incident ended in a miracle without casualties, when the woman, in the ninth month of her pregnancy, managed to call the police who arrested the suspect.
Unfortunately, these are not blockbuster action movies, but a sad reality faced by the residents of the south on a daily basis.
Despite the proliferation of events in recent times, it should be remembered that this is not a matter of fate but of governmental negligence.
It was enough to look on the sidelines during Abu Yair's visit to the Tarabin tribe's encampment as part of his courtship campaign for the Arab voice, to understand that the issue of the south and the Bedouin sector does not concern him at all.
Beyond the exact backdrop of the visit, which included drinking traditional coffee and sitting oriental on a mat, the speech he chose to give there only made clear how unfamiliar he is with the challenges facing the sector.
Challenges that at the end of the day lead to an increase in crime.
In his speech, Netanyahu promised budgets for the eradication of crime and the transfer of care regarding the demolition of houses and the regulation of land to his office, and signed the words with "You will give up a little, we will come to you ... we will get along."
If it is so simple, why for 12 years has his government not done enough, let alone say anything, to solve the problems of the Bedouin sector affecting the entire Negev?
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One of the Bedouin diaspora settlements, July 2020 (Photo: Reuven Castro)
Netanyahu's campaign in the Bedouin sector was a relative success.
There are cities like Rahat, where the percentage of votes for the Likud has increased tenfold, but these are low percentages in the first place, which eventually accrued to one seat from the entire Arab sector.
The party that won a high percentage of all the settlements in the Bedouin sector in the Negev was Ra'am, Mansour Abbas' party. For example, Ra'am won 9.15% of the votes in the village of Umm Batin, 88.5% of the votes in the town of Arara, 83.5% of the votes in Tel Sheva and more .
The high voter turnout won by Abbas' party stemmed from the prominent campaign he conducted in the Bedouin diaspora, which included a commitment to change the policy of house demolitions, regulate the settlement of unrecognized villages, repeal the Kamintz law, eradicate crime in the sector and more.
Now that it is clear to everyone that Abbas is the most recycled person in the State of Israel, due to his ability to crown the next prime minister, it is likely that the issue of the Bedouin sector in the Negev will be the main dowry required in coalition negotiations. Abbas will have to repay the election promises. Perhaps also an opportunity for the residents of the entire south.
On the one hand, the Negev must not be sacrificed on the altar of coalition negotiations.
The decisions that are made must not ignore the interests of the Negev and will only serve the end of the political tangle.
Decisions must not be on a political basis and disregard national considerations.
On the other hand, after years of ignoring the problems of the Bedouin sector, a dangerous reality has emerged.
Crime is rampant and the future looks even more worrying.
Absurdly, after almost two decades in which the Israeli government ignored the conclusions of the Goldenberg Commission and the Prawer-Begin outline, it will be Mansour Abbas from the Islamic Movement who will oblige the country to implement a strategic plan to regulate Bedouin settlement.
There are many reasons for the rise in crime in the Bedouin sector such as polygamy, the loss of Israeli identity and the rise of Palestinian nationalism, lack of access to education, lack of employment, illegal construction and the explosive barrel - the lack of a series of Bedouin settlement in the Negev.
The eradication of crime by members of the Bedouin sector does not depend only on the Israeli police, on the resources they will receive to eradicate the violence, and not even on the State Attorney's Office and the punishments that will be imposed on criminals from the Diaspora.
Crime eradication depends on the horizon and future of 10,000 young people from the diaspora who reach the age of 18 each year. Young people who, due to a lack of opportunities, many of them choose crime.
Enforce and destroy
According to data from the Authority for the Development and Regulation of Bedouin Settlement in the South, there are currently about 2,000 illegal concentrations in the center of the Negev in the area between Beer Sheva, Dimona and Arad.
The diaspora is home to about 120,000 people, on an area of 280,000 dunams.
The illegal diaspora has turned the south into a collection of patches, blocking the development potential of the Negev and conveying a message of an area where there is no law and no justice.
When construction law is not enforced, it continues to trade in drugs, sponsorship fees, wild driving without a license.
In the state of no law everything is allowed.
The challenge is to move the scattered population to orderly permanent settlements.
For this to happen, the existing localities need to be expanded and new localities regulated.
How many settlements?
Depends on who you ask.
The Unrecognized Villages Forum requires a series of about 44 villages, with a report for 15 communities.
When it comes to 120,000 residents and when you take into account that Rahat alone has about 80,000 residents, the number presented by Benny Begin is certainly satisfactory.
The problem is that even the villages that have been regulated do not yet constitute a suitable alternative and do not offer an attractive life that would cause the residents of the diaspora to move to live in a recognized permanent settlement.
For example, in 2004 the state recognized seven villages in the al-Qassoum Regional Council.
17 years later and three of these villages, Umm Batin, Alatrash and Ra'it, have not yet been fully connected to infrastructure like water.
Only this year began to operate public transport, there is no TPS finally regulated, resulting in shortage areas that can generate income to the Council as industry and trade. Strong population last permanent communities these abandoned big cities, leaving the village with a population weakened and destitute.
It is important to regulate Bedouin settlement Allocate significant resources for development, cooperate with local leadership, but at the same time it is important to enforce and demolish unrecognized buildings and concentrations. Is a great example of how a compromise can be reached when you want to advance processes.The equation must be series in parallel with the demolition of illegal structures, otherwise the solution will be much more complex.
PM Netanyahu Visits Residents of the Diaspora in the South, March 7, 2021 (Photo: Official Website, None)
It is said that during the days of the disengagement, Ariel Sharon went on a tour of the Negev, during which he was exposed to the extent of illegal construction and the lack of regulation of Bedouin settlement.
Sharon argued that the evacuation of Gush Katif, in which Jews were displaced from their homes, could give impetus and legitimacy to the evacuation and demolition of the illegal houses in the diaspora.
This window of opportunity, which was used to regulate the space in the Negev, was closed.
We are now on the threshold of another opportunity, which comes due to the political situation in the country.
It is a pity that the government has not been able to give these tools to more moderate elements such as heads of authorities and in the current course it will actually strengthen the Islamic movement in the Negev.
However, it remains to be hoped that the considerations that will guide decision-makers will not be their political aspirations, but the future of the Negev.
It is important that this series be part of a strategic vision of the country's largest land reserve, and not another plaster that stems from a short-term political vision.
One of the great resources of the State of Israel must not be sacrificed on the political altar.
Keren Ozen has a column in Maariv
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