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The Negev Bedouin (Arabic: بدْو النقب, Badwu an-Naqab; Hebrew: הבדואים בנגב , HaBedu'im BaNegev) are traditionally pastoral nomadic Arab tribes (), while some are of Sub-Saharan African descent [7], who until the later part of the 19th century would wander between Hijaz in the east and the Sinai Peninsula in the west. [8]
Below is a partial list of Bedouin tribes and their historic place of origin. Bedouin shepherd in Syrian Desert Bedouins on horseback , 1950s Bedouin camp in Saudi Arabia in the 1970s Otaibah , located in Najd and Hijaz , found mainly in the Arabian Peninsula in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates.
According to the Israel Land Administration, Negev Bedouin claim area 12 times bigger than that of Tel Aviv. [10]According to Arnon Sofer, the Bedouin make up about 2% of the Israeli population, but the unrecognized Bedouin communities spread on a vast territory and occupy more than 10 percent of Israel – north and east to Be'er Sheva.
Early stages of this process included regulation of previously open lands used for grazing and re-location of Bedouin tribes. In the decades after the war of independence, the Israeli government was concerned about the allegiance of the Negev Bedouin to the new State, and thus re-located two-thirds of the southern Bedouin population into a ...
Rahat (Arabic: رهط, Hebrew: רַהַט) is an Arab Bedouin city in the Southern District of Israel. In 2022, it had a population of 79,064. [2] As such, it is the largest Bedouin city in Israel, and the only one to have city status. Rahat is one of seven Bedouin townships in the Negev desert with
As of 2010, the Negev was home to some 630,000 people, or 8.2% of Israel's population, even though it comprises over 55% of the country's area. 470,000 Negev residents (75% of the population) are Jews, while 160,000 or 25% are Bedouin. [49]
Hamas’ surprise assault killed more than 1,300 people in Israel. The vast majority were Israeli Jews, but the dead also included 15 Bedouin Arabs.
Kuseife (Arabic: كسيفة) or Kseifa (Hebrew: כְּסֵיפָה) is a Bedouin town (local council) in the Southern District of Israel.Kuseife was founded in 1982 as part of a government project to settle Bedouins in permanent settlements.