Naqab (Negev)

Adalah's appeal to the Be'er Sheva District Court, on behalf of the entire population of over 500 residents of the Bedouin village of Ras Jrabah in the Naqab, argues that the magistrate court’s...

A petition by Adalah, civil society organizations, and local councils to demand employment bureaus be opened in Naqab Bedouin towns was rejected by the Supreme Court, pending the Ministry’s...

The Be'er Sheva Magistrate's Court ruled that all 500 residents of Ras Jrabah, a village that predates the establishment of the State of Israel, must evacuate and demolish their homes by March...

The Jewish National Fund (JNF), upon the decision of the Israel Land Authority (ILA), has resumed afforestation work surrounding numerous unrecognized Bedouin villages, primarily along the...

Today, 29 January 2023, the Jewish National Fund (JNF), as a contractor of the Israel Land Administration (ILA), resumed afforestation work surrounding several unrecognized Bedouin villages in the...

In a position paper, Adalah lays out how the guiding principles and coalition agreements of the new Israeli government intend to deepen Jewish supremacy and racial segregation as the underlying...

In a new position paper, Adalah lays out how the guiding principles and coalition agreements of the new Israeli government intend to deepen Jewish supremacy and racial segregation as the underlying...

Israeli police had issued permit for the protest, then reneged, arresting five protesters and demolishing their tent; Rahat residents are protesting discriminatory policies of Israel’s Bedouin...

On 22 and 23 May 2022, the Beer Sheva Magistrates’ Court will hold hearings on the cases during which experts and residents of Ras Jrabah will testify against the evictions and home demolitions.

Despite extremely high unemployment and poverty rates, job seekers from Palestinian Bedouin towns in the Naqab are directed to government employment bureaus in cities far from their homes; official...

On 27 January 2022, Adalah - The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel sent a letter to the Israel Land Authority (ILA(, the Minister of Housing and Construction and the Attorney General...

Despite the extremely high unemployment and poverty rates, job seekers from Bedouin towns in the Naqab are directed to cities that are far from their homes; Official government data indicates a...

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Justices insist petition is too 'theoretical' for them to consider; Adalah: people are facing immediate danger to life and health.

Israel's Water Authority automatically charges Bedouin higher rates – treating them as if they are wasting water – when they actually have most limited access to water; Adalah & partners are...

Beer Sheva Magistrates Court to hold first hearing on 27 April 2021 as Israel Land Authority seeks to forcibly displace Bedouin families from Ras Jrabah in order to expand the primarily-Jewish city...

Israel refuses to classify camels as 'farm animals', preventing Bedouin herders from enjoying grazing rights in Naqab desert region; camels are only variety of livestock Israel requires to be...

Israel announces general return to school, but most schoolchildren from Bedouin villages in the Naqab (Negev) remain in their homes because of classroom overcrowding and schools’ lack of...

Israel’s failure to allocate resources for coronavirus testing and emergency medical services in unrecognized Bedouin villages poses danger to tens of thousands of people in Naqab (Negev) desert...

More than 50,000 Palestinian Bedouin children in Naqab (Negev) villages are not connected to electricity or internet, most don’t have computers. Since school was stopped on 15 March due to...