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It's time to apply Israeli sovereignty in the Negev - Walla! news

2022-01-22T17:50:09.290Z


The State of Israel is currently doing a lot to correct past mistakes, and is investing huge resources in the Bedouin sector. Now, it must resolutely enforce the law throughout the diaspora - and at the same time, it is better that politicians and media people who are unfamiliar with the complex issue of the Negev do not comment on the issue.


It is time to apply Israeli sovereignty in the Negev

The State of Israel is currently doing a lot to correct past mistakes, and is investing huge resources in the Bedouin sector.

Now, it must resolutely enforce the law throughout the diaspora - and at the same time, it is better that politicians and media people who are unfamiliar with the complex issue of the Negev do not comment on the issue.

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22/01/2022

Saturday, January 22, 2022, 7:43 p.m.

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In the video: Demonstration and confrontations with the police in protest of the plantations in the Negev (Photo: Yanir Yagna)

The violent protests following the planting of the JNF in the Negev near the village of Molde once again flooded the depth of the rift between Bedouin society and the State of Israel, but no less the depth of ignorance of politicians and media people regarding the complexity of the problem. For example, Minister of Internal Security Amar Bar-Lev claimed that the Bedouin family grew field crops on the disputed land, which is a source of livelihood for them, so in his eyes it was a mistake to plant trees there, when in fact nothing was planted in the land in question



. The media is therefore no wonder we have come this far. These are not my personal feelings but facts, and evidence that in the week when they set fire to a car, put rocks on railway tracks to hit innocent people, threw stones at buses and cars and closed roads in the Negev, weekend newspaper headlines, except Israel Today , Did not find a piece of space for a little information about what is happening in the Negev.



On Friday morning, a friend who lives in a settlement in Judea and Samaria asked me if it was safe to come to Be'er Sheva.

So much so that there is a feeling that the Negev is becoming more dangerous than Judea and Samaria.

That Friday I was debating whether to take the risk and drive in the evening on the roads of the Negev for Shabbat dinner at the home of my friend who lives in a nearby locality.

I finally asked her husband who holds a weapon, to come armed to pick us up.



A week has passed during which I try to understand whether I was dramatic or whether I acted with obvious responsibility, since not all the Bedouin who live around me are outlaws.

There are those who are interested in living together and in combination, but there are also quite a few who rule out terror and fear.

The struggle over plantings is only the trigger, it is the match that was thrown this time at the whispering embers of nationalist terrorism, which has raised its head in the Negev in recent years.

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The struggle around planting is just the trigger.

The riots in the Negev (Photo: Flash 90, Jamal Awad)

First, a little order when it comes to land ownership claims in the Negev.

There are many Bedouin families who claim that the land on which they sit belongs to them.

It is important to understand that even under Ottoman rule, prior to the establishment of the State of Israel, private lands were recognized only when they were part of a recognized settlement route, and therefore the only land claims recognized by the Bedouin were those in the city of Beersheba.



To date, Israeli courts have not recognized land claims, except for compromises made by the state with the sector outside the legal process, out of a desire to regulate the settlement of the Bedouin.

In the Bedouin diaspora on the Beer Sheva, Dimona and Arad lines, about 300,000 people live in about 1,900 population centers.

Those who drive along the roads in the Negev notice huts and tents, sometimes almost on the road itself.



This week, Mansour Abbas was hosted in the studios and claimed that the Bedouin in the Negev want only 3% of the Negev.

He only forgot to mention that this is an area part of which is within the route of the cities of Beer Sheva, Dimona and Arad and thus he can also prevent future planning.

Beyond that, a reformed state with planning and building institutions cannot establish 1,900 new settlements in this dense area and therefore the series is required for Bedouin settlement and not the establishment of a village for each family.



Although the land is not privately owned, the state offers attractive conditions to the Bedouin in order for them to move to regulated localities, with each family receiving land free of charge and a grant of a quarter of a million shekels.

The disputed lands near the settlement of Moleda are under state land law and this week the State of Israel folded in the face of a wave of nationalist terrorism and stopped planting, thus letting violence prevail.

Palestinian flags were hoisted during demonstrations, stones were thrown at police and violence erupted on Negev roads.

Bedouin governance

85 suspects have been arrested in the current wave of riots, with most of the second- and third-generation detainees of Palestinian women being brought into the country from the territories. For example, the two sisters of Ismail Haniyeh, the leader of Hamas, have been living in Tel Sheva for years. Polygamy, polygamy for two or more women, is a common phenomenon in the Bedouin diaspora and leads to violations of women's rights, trafficking in minors, child neglect and more.



Among other things, polygamy in the sector has led to the fact that today there are about 40,000 young people in the diaspora who do not feel part of the State of Israel, who have developed a Palestinian identity due to their family ties and connection to the Islamic movement and the radical northern faction.



According to the State Comptroller's report published in May last year, the State of Israel is unable to deal with polygamy and its consequences.

There are about 6,200 polygamous men in Israel and 69% have more than nine children.

It is estimated that there are about 14,000 polygamous women in Israel.

Between 2017 and 2021, a total of 18 cases of polygamy were submitted to the court, which indicates the failure to deal with the phenomenon that prevents the connection of the young people of Bedouin society to the State of Israel.



Polygamy is illegal in the country and when it is claimed that there is no governance in the Negev, it may be better to be precise and claim that there is Bedouin governance in the Negev, one that aligns with the tribalism of the Bedouin sector.

According to Dr. Havatzelet Yaron, a researcher at the Ben-Gurion Institute for the Study of Israel and Zionism, the State of Israel, since its inception, has enabled and preserved aspects of Bedouin tribalism, thus preventing the Bedouin from subjecting themselves to the Israeli legal system.

A predictable collision trajectory.

The riots in the Negev (Photo: Niv Aharonson)

Over the years, the state has cooperated with tribal institutions, such as Sulha. Law enforcement officials sat with the conflicting families in an attempt to prevent blood feuds and thwart the next murder. The tribal aspect is also reflected in the issue of land. When there is a land ownership claim, even though the court has ruled that it is state land and although many resources are invested and housing units are developed on these lands for the benefit of the Bedouin sector, the neighborhoods stand empty due to the ownership claim. In order to start creating sovereignty and governance in the Negev, the state must introduce one law for all and act to dismantle the tribal mechanisms, or at least stop cooperating with these mechanisms, which also harm the sector itself.



The wave of protests from the Bedouin sector aroused quite a few thoughts in me this week. I was jealous of their ability to get in droves to protest on the ground. Of course, I strongly oppose the violence we have demonstrated and see it as nationalist terrorism in every way, but the fact that the Jewish residents of the Negev rarely attend demonstrations regarding the return of governance to the Negev and the fight against crime, worries me greatly. Do the residents of the Negev feel that this is a lost battle, or do they prefer to demonstrate their protest on social media and get the illusion that their post will be the one to change the sad reality?



The trajectory of the collision with the Bedouin sector was predictable.

Years of deprivation and lack of investment have led to the rift that exists today.

The state erred in not providing proper education and not regulating settlement.

For years, Israeli governments for generations have abandoned the Bedouin and failed to provide them with employment and a future that creates an equation whereby those who choose violence lose.

The state is to blame for the situation in the Negev, but it is important to emphasize that in recent years there has been a significant change in the state's attitude toward the sector and its willingness to correct past mistakes.



In the last five years alone, the state has invested about NIS 10 billion in the development of the Bedouin sector.

The Bedouin Settlement Authority has invested five billion in the development of 50,000 housing units and in the planning of 150,000 future housing units.

Already today there are thousands of plots and entire neighborhoods in the Negev for the benefit of the Bedouin sector that will soon be inhabited.

It would have been better not to express it.

Bar-Lev (Photo: Reuven Castro)

The Ministry of Education has invested NIS 1 billion in building 150 new schools and building 2,000 classrooms. Half a billion shekels have been allocated for the construction of ten industrial zones, which is in fact the real revolution, which has the potential to create significant employment infrastructure for young people in the sector and among the academics among them who are finishing their studies. An additional NIS 3.2 billion was invested in a socio-economic five-year plan approved in 2017, and the realization of the money ended this year. For comparison, Mansour Abbas has obtained NIS 5 billion for the entire Arab sector, while NIS 10 billion has been invested in the Bedouin sector in the last five years.



The young people of the Bedouin sector are also in a significantly better place today than they were in the past. For example, young people who live in a regulated locality such as Rahat are entitled without a tender to a plot for free construction with their marriage and will pay only up to NIS 200,000 for the development of the land. A Jewish resident, by the way, who would be interested in moving to live in Rahat, would not be able to get a plot exempt from tender. This is a benefit given only to locals.



On the other hand, residents of the sector can participate in a land purchase tender in any locality they wish. Half a dunam for construction for only NIS 200,000 is a benefit that many young couples dream of, a benefit that is only given to young people in the Bedouin sector. In addition, about 5,000 plots of land in Rahat, Lakia and Hura are currently being marketed to these young people from the sector.



In addition, a young Bedouin who wants to integrate into the world of introduction, will receive relief in the conditions of admission to academic institutions and will be able to participate in the tuition support and subsidy program. All this in order to lead young people from the sector to higher education.



The State of Israel has planned a new route regarding the Bedouin sector, and it is good that it has done so, and it is doing a lot to correct the mistakes of the past.

The calls of the sector leaders and the accusations that the state is doing nothing for them are no longer true.

The burden of proof now lies with the leaders of the sector.

It is their time to make their voices heard against violence, to stand up against nationalist terrorism and to connect the young people of the sector to the country and its institutions.

At the same time, it is time for the state to reclaim its sovereignty and apply Israeli law to the Bedouin sector as well and not to fold in the face of violence, as happened last week.



It is better that politicians and media people who are unfamiliar with the complex issue of the Negev, do not comment on the issue.

It would have been better if the Deputy Minister of Economy, Yair Golan of Meretz, had not called for the release of detainees who used violence and wanted to harm human life.

It is better for the state to return the government to the Negev, this time in the Israeli version and not the tribal Bedouin.

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