Bedouin

Israel must treat Hamas's drone smuggling as a national security threat - opinion

On a tour of the Negev, I learned that the threat is not just the smuggling of weapons over Israel’s borders via drones – some of which can carry 150 kilograms of arms – but the drones themselves. 

View of the unrecognized Bedouin village of Khan al-Ahmar, near Ma'ale Adumim, in the West Bank, on May 19, 2026; Illustrative.
Police patrol on Road 1 near Jerusalem, on February 8, 2026.

Five wounded by gunfire as Israel Police, Bedouin clans clash in Negev towns

Israel Police vehicles; illustrative.

Police seize stolen IDF shoulder-mounted anti-tank rocket launcher from criminal in South

Dr. Sharon Daniel

Common painkillers are safe during pregnancy, don't raise birth defect risk, Israeli study finds


'A minister who destroys': Bedouin protest Ben-Gvir over demolition of illegal homes in Negev

The demonstration came in the wake of comments made the previous day by Ben-Gvir, saying that he would continue demolishing “more and more and more illegally built homes in the Negev.

View of the unrecognized Bedouin village of Khan al-Ahmar, near Ma'ale Adumim, in the West Bank, on May 19, 2026; Illustrative.

Against all odds: Successful education evolving in Israel's unrecognized Bedouin villages - opinion

Every morning, when students walk through the doors of our school in Abu Talul, they carry with them the aspirations of their families and their communities.

BEDOUIN STUDENTS seen in their bedouin village outside of the Israeli settlement of Kfar Adumim. September 25, 2017.

There will be a Palestinian majority in the Negev by 2050, Haggai Reznik says

“We need to prevent Palestinian women from entering," said Reznik. "The state funds and allows this. By 2050, there will be a Palestinian majority in the Negev.”

View of the unrecognized Bedouin village of Khan al-Ahmar, near Ma'ale Adumim, in the West Bank, on May 19, 2026; Illustrative.

The Israeli-Bedouin women’s rights activist bringing women to the negotiation table - interview

“Stubborn” was how the Israeli Bedouin women’s rights activist and lawyer described herself in an interview with The Jerusalem Post on Sunday.

Israeli Bedouin women’s rights activist and lawyer, Hanan Alsanah.

State says Bedouin Palestinians may return to Jordan Valley but rejects extra security

The case concerns Ras Ein al-Auja, a Bedouin Palestinian herding community north of Jericho whose residents say they were effectively pushed out after months of sustained settler harassment.

A Palestinian family leaves their farmin the Tana area near Beit Furik, east of Nablus in Judea and Samaria, May 15, 2026.

Fourth Rahat Film Festival brings cinema, culture, city tours, Bedouin heritage to life

The fourth Rahat Film Festival brought 4,000 visitors for screenings, filmmaker encounters, city tours, and a celebration of Bedouin culture and Middle Eastern cinema.

FROM LEFT: Yarona Ben-Shalom Richardson, Muhammad al-Krenawi of the Rahat Community Center, Fadi Ziadna, Lior Kalfa, and Suleiman Abo Madegem, the director of Rahat’s Cultural Center.

Negev governance crisis: Polygamy running rampant, contractors exposed to extortion

The comptroller noted that there is no coordinating government body that collects information, sets policy, resolves disputes between agencies, and oversees implementation.

Bedouin women sit outside their demolished homes in the Bedouin village of Umm al-Hiran in the Negev desert, in the in the Southern Israel, January 18, 2017.

In Israel’s Arab sector, war exposes a dual threat of rampant crime and no shelter

Arab Israelis face dual threats of war and crime, saying that neglect by the government has left them even more vulnerable

Arab Israelis survey the damage following a missile strike in the Arab Israeli city of Kafr Kassem on March 26.

Eleven arrested in coordinated op. targeting alleged protection racket in central Israel

As part of the covert phase of the investigation, Lahav 433 established a front construction company to gather evidence.

ILLUSTRATIVE: POLICE ARREST suspect thought to have allowed illegal immigrants through border, November 30, 2025.

Top Israeli judge: State has until May 14 to report on displaced Bedouin return case

The High Court has extended the deadline for the state to update on the Ras Ein al-Auja case to May 14, amid disputes over when the update was required.

A Palestinian man seen with his sheep in a Bedouin village in the northern Jordan Valley, on June 17, 2023.