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NCF's Update from the Negev-Naqab
21.12.21
11.11.21
4.10.21 
Unfortunately,
the new Jewish year started out sadly with the passing of former MK
Saeed Alkharumi, a Bedouin activist committed to advancing the rights
of his community. A humble man who struggled for the recognition of the
Bedouin communities, constantly gathering the residents' plight and
needs, until his very last days. We would like to express our thanks to
Saeed for all his doing, and send our deepest condolences to his
family. We believe that his actions as a Bedouin community member and
politician will inspire the youngest members of the community to
continue his path for equality.
On the left: picture was taken in Bir Hadaj, 17.8, anonymous 19.8.21
11.7.21 New Government, new opportunities? Dear
friends and supporters,
With
the emerging Israeli coalition government, which was sworn on June
13th, the United Arab List headed by Mansour Abbas negotiated among
other things, to address the plight of the unrecognized Bedouin
communities, in terms of infrastructure, access to basic services and
housing solutions. By doing so, the coalition
agreement includes the recognition of the unrecognized
Bedouin villages of Khašim Zannih, Rakhamah and ʿAbdih in
the first 45 days of its term; as well as the presentation of a plan
that will propose housing solutions for the Bedouin
citizens living in unrecognized villages in the Negev, in the
first nine months.
 Photo by a photographer
from az-Zarnūg, 2016
Last month,
the Minister of Communications decided to exempt Bezeq (the largest
Israeli telecommunications company) from distributing fiber optics for
speedier internet throughout the country, placing economic gain over
all other social needs. This means that residents of areas suffering
the lowest quality of internet connection and an absence of market
competition, will continue to be neglected and even harmed, thus
building injustices upon existing inequality.
Given the gigantic gap of digital inequalities identified since the Covid-19 outbreak in the Naqab, NCF sent a letter to the Ministry of Communications demanding that Bezeq broadens its list of distribution channels to include representation from all areas of the country; increase the annual budget; and include all of the Arab and Ultra-Orthodox localities to the tender of the first year. Continue reading here
1.6.21 Police violence, restrictions to freedom of protest and detentions/Naqab 2021 Dear friends and supporters, While it seems that the fear and terror has been spread across all fronts, we feel it is important to highlight some of the unique issues we have seen in the Naqab, and emphasize our vision of shared society and co-resistance against long decades of discrimination. The
right-wing and police violence we have witnessed in recent weeks in
Sheikh Jarrah, Damascus Gate and the Al-Aqsa mosque, have been
replicated in the Naqab, where Palestinian Bedouin citizens joined the
struggle and demonstrations, protesting the oppression and neglectance
of the State of Israel.   A protest in Tal Arad Junction, with the participation of activist and NCF's board member Khalil Alamour. 15.5.2021. By NCF’s staff members Protests-violence-Police-detentions   Photos
by Walid Eloubra, Rahaṭ and
Šgīb as-Salām, 11.5.21
During
the last month, large Palestinian-led protests began to form all around
the country, and in the Naqab this came to form in mass protests
circling main highways. Bedouin protesters took main junctions in
protest of police oppression, and blocked access to main roads. Some of
these protests involved violence on behalf of the residents (setting
cars on fire and destroying light poles), who were violently repressed
by Police forces with the use of stun grenades, physical
violence and mass detentions. Thousands of Bedouins,
mostly from Rahaṭ, Šgīb
as-Salām and the other towns,
have participated in the events.
Since May 10th there have been over 300 detainees in Southern Israel, including Arab Bedouin residents of the recognized and unrecognized Bedouin villages and townships  Khemed Junction, unknown photographer, May 2021
Photos
by Walid Eloubra, Šgīb
as-Salām, 11.5.21
12.4.21 Stand up for the only shared Arab-Jewish space in the Negev-Naqab!
After 15
years of promoting joint Arab-Jewish collaboration and running existing
various activities together, we are forced by the Be'er Sheva
Municipality to leave the space we had called home.
We named this center the “Multaqa”, which means encounter or meeting point in Arabic, and there throughout the years we have built an encounter to generate knowledge, ask questions and intercultural dialogue between Jewish and Arab communities sharing the Naqab-Negev. Uniquely in the South, the Multaqa was the only place where lectures, film screenings and critical debates took place, all enabling the local population to share and broaden their perspectives on our shared and diverse society. Together we worked towards being a society that engages in finding common solutions to different obstacles endured mainly by the Arab Bedouin community. Sadly, we are at a point where we must say goodbye to the physical platform of such diverse and rich interactions. We would like to thank all those who organized and participated in this community during this last decade and a half. TODAY WE NEED YOU ONCE MORE! Knowing that our community is mightier than the four walls, and despite the challenges, today we are positive that we will continue growing together down the road. For this reason, today we are launching a crowdfunding
campaign to reopen the Multaka
Help us make a change and win the struggle against censorship and the limitation of civil space! 26.3.21 Best wishes from NCF's staff and board members
On the eve of the upcoming Passover and Ramadan, we would like to wish a happy and healthy Passover to the celebrants and hope that the holiday will bring insights and thoughts to an shared society, hoping for a change of policy towards the Bedouin population of the Negev/Naqab. Towards the eve of Passover and with the start of Ramadan in about two weeks, and a fourth round of elections, the reality in the Negev seems more complex than ever. Amid a global epidemic, and without an elected government, the human rights situation of the Bedouin Arab residents in the Negev has become even more vulnerable. Ironically and unfairly, the number of house demolitions in the Negev in 2020 reached the highest number historically. This is despite the Attorney General's order to reduce the demolition orders and the presence of the police in the Negev, in response to an urgent sent by NCF and other civil society organizations in a request to stop the demolitions during the pandemic. The economic crisis has created severe difficulties still unresolved at a national level, that affected the Bedouin society deeply. This, mainly due to the denial of infrastructure and basic services on behalf of the State. Unemployment has raised significantly, and the state of the education is much more severe for the children of unrecognized villages compared to the rest of the country due to the lack of internet and electrical systems, that in addition to shortage in computers have make remote learning quite impossible. Although the academic year for nearly 142,000 children is lost, the State chooses to focus on repression and violence instead of responsibly investing on education and resources. Together with this, we choose to continue to support the fair struggle of our Arab Bedouin partners and friends for real freedom and a dignified life for them and their children. With wishes of health, Haia Noach, Executive Director 1.3.21 15 BEDOUIN CITIZENS ARRESTED FOR PROTESTING APPROPRIATION OF THEIR LAND
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