Een Israëlische onderzoekscommissie gaat zich buigen over het probleem van de 'niet-erkende' Bedoeïnendorpen in de Negev woestijn. Hopelijk komen hier wijze aanbevelingen uit, en volgt er daarna daadwerkelijk een beter beleid ten opzichte van de Bedoeïnen.
De Bedoeïnen leidden van oudsher een grotendeels nomadisch bestaan in de woestijnen van Noord-Afrika en het Midden-Oosten. In de loop van de 20ste eeuw kwam hieraan voor de meeste stammen een einde door de vestiging van natie-staten, moderne transportmiddelen en oliewinning en toenemende droogte, die de bewegingsvrijheid en bestaansmiddelen van de Bedoeïnen drastisch beperkten. Velen zagen zich gedwongen naar de steden te vertrekken.
Na de oprichting van Israël moesten de Bedoeïnen van de Negev zich in de noordoosthoek van de Negev vestigen, en vanaf eind jaren '70 werden ze voor een groot deel gehuisvest in 7 daarvoor gebouwde steden met doorgaans slechte voorzieningen en weinig werkgelegenheid. In de tientallen door hen zelf gestichte maar niet door de staat erkende dorpen zijn geen overheidsvoorzieningen en mogen geen permanente huizen gebouwd worden.
Abby
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Fri., July 20, 2007 Haaretz
Housing minister seeks halt to Bedouin house demolitions
By Mijal Grinberg
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/883846.html
Housing Minister Ze'ev Boim is considering suspending demolitions of Bedouin houses in the Negev for a year, during which time a public committee will work out a solution to the dispute over Bedouin land ownership.
Earlier this week, the council of unrecognized Bedouin villages set up a refugee camp in the Wohl Rose Garden near the Knesset to protest the ongoing demolitions of homes in Bedouin villages. In the past year alone, the authorities have demolished 110 Bedouin houses.
Boim yesterday asked Mazuz to approve his initiative to suspend the demolitions for a year, on condition that the Bedouin halt their construction during this period.
The Bedouin community and Israel have been embroiled in a historic controversy over the ownership of lands where Bedouin live in the Negev.
The Bedouin are demanding that the state recognize 34 villages, inhabiting some 80,000 people with no running water or electricity.
The Bedouin claim ownership of 800,000 dunam, constituting some 6 percent of the Negev area. In 1948, numerous Bedouin fled from Israel. Others remained on their land, while another group was transferred by the state to other lands.
Over the years, Israel has transferred the Bedouin, a nomad people, to seven permanent communities. Bedouin ownership claims on some of these communities' lands has prevented their development and consequently these towns suffer from a severe lack of infrastructure. The Bedouin community's main complaint is that living in the towns makes it impossible for them to be farmers.
Earlier this week, the cabinet decided to set up a body to examine the Bedouin villages in the Negev and formulate a report to settle the controversy.
Housing minister seeks halt to Bedouin house demolitions
By Mijal Grinberg
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/883846.html
Housing Minister Ze'ev Boim is considering suspending demolitions of Bedouin houses in the Negev for a year, during which time a public committee will work out a solution to the dispute over Bedouin land ownership.
Earlier this week, the council of unrecognized Bedouin villages set up a refugee camp in the Wohl Rose Garden near the Knesset to protest the ongoing demolitions of homes in Bedouin villages. In the past year alone, the authorities have demolished 110 Bedouin houses.
Boim yesterday asked Mazuz to approve his initiative to suspend the demolitions for a year, on condition that the Bedouin halt their construction during this period.
The Bedouin community and Israel have been embroiled in a historic controversy over the ownership of lands where Bedouin live in the Negev.
The Bedouin are demanding that the state recognize 34 villages, inhabiting some 80,000 people with no running water or electricity.
The Bedouin claim ownership of 800,000 dunam, constituting some 6 percent of the Negev area. In 1948, numerous Bedouin fled from Israel. Others remained on their land, while another group was transferred by the state to other lands.
Over the years, Israel has transferred the Bedouin, a nomad people, to seven permanent communities. Bedouin ownership claims on some of these communities' lands has prevented their development and consequently these towns suffer from a severe lack of infrastructure. The Bedouin community's main complaint is that living in the towns makes it impossible for them to be farmers.
Earlier this week, the cabinet decided to set up a body to examine the Bedouin villages in the Negev and formulate a report to settle the controversy.
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