Negev Coexistence Forum for Civil Equality
פורום דו-קיום בנגב לשוויון אזרחי
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International Advocacy
NCF find it is of great importance to allow the Bedouin community to represent itself at the UN level, and in other international/regional entities, to meet diplomats in their visits to the Negev/Naqab or abroad, to network with communities that face similar challenges around the world, and to develop initiatives that will allow decision makers […]
Women’s Employment
Working with the communities for many years, we identify the great expressed need on behalf of Bedouin women to receive equal opportunities for employment and for the eradication of barriers preventing them from an opportunity to alleviate the poverty of their families. Although in 2010 the Israeli government set an employment target for Arab women […]
Digital Literacy for social equality
During the Covid-19 restrictions, it has become unquestionably clear that digital literacy is essential for accessing basic civil rights. During the pandemic, entire communities in the Bedouin recognized and unrecognized villages were left more marginalized than ever due to the lack of proper connection and severe connectivity barriers. Responding to the acute need of the […]
The new government committed to advance the recongnition of the unrecognized Bedouin villages/New York Times
The emerging Israeli coalition government, sworn in yesterday, intends to take significant steps to address the plight of the unrecognized Bedouin communities, in terms of infrastructure, access to basic services and housing solutions. One of Raam’s conditions to join the coalition government, was to recognize the unrecognized villages of Khašim Zannih, Rakhamah and ʿAbdih in […]
Deserting the Arab Bedouin citizens of the Negev during wartime
In light of the current state of emergency throughout the country and in particular in the Negev, NCF sent a letter to the Home Front Command demanding the provision of protected areas and shelters to the Naqab’s Bedouin recognized and unrecognized villages and townships; that are vulnerable to missiles and without the reach of the […]
Resisting the closure of the only Jewish-Arab shared space in the Naqab
For the past 15 years, the Negev Coexistence Forum developed joint activities of Arab-Jewish collaborations in our space we called Multaka-Mifgash. Encounter, in Arabic and Hebrew. Our home was a public shelter owned by the Be’er Sheva Municipality- that served as a community center, a gallery, a place of encounter that generated knowledge on diversity, […]
Who is Mansour Abbas and what does he have to offer to the 41,000 Bedouins in the Negev that voted for him?
Op-ed Over the course of the campaign, the prime minister toured Arab Bedouin communities, talking about his fight against the COVID-19 pandemic and claiming that his years of racist provocation against Palestinian citizens were misinterpreted. With the increased distrust of the Bedouin communities towards the authorities in what concerns the eviction policy including the largest […]
NCF’s statement to the sixty-fifth session of the Commission on the Status of Women
The Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) is the principal global intergovernmental body exclusively dedicated to the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women. A functional commission of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations. This year’s priority theme is Women’s full and effective participation and decision-making in public […]
Israel is the only country in the world that causes thousands of its citizens to demolish their own homes during a pandemic
-Press release- There are different mechanisms that the State uses to realize its objective of urbanizing the Bedouin indigenous population in the Negev. In 2020, 2,586 buildings were demolished in the Bedouin villages in the Negev. This represents a rise of 13% in demolition of structures compared to 2019. The wide range of […]
Appeal to the police for false arrests and police violence near the village of Saʿwah
On 22.2.2021, police forces made false arrests using excessive violence during a plowing operation near the village of Saʿwah. From evidence that came to us, it appears that the police made false arrests using violence and also imprisoned the detainees for over six hours on a detention bus without access to food and denied them […]
The number of structures demolished in 2020 is historically the highest
In 2020, 2,568 buildings were demolished in the Bedouin villages in the Negev. This represents a rise of 13% in demolition of structures compared to 2019. Despite the humanitarian crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, this is the highest number ever recorded of structures demolished in one year in the Arab Bedouin communities. This data […]
Online panel: Indigenous women and activists fighting discrimination
Tonight at 18.30, our Local lobby and employment coordinator, Huda Abu Obaid will be participating in a panel discussion marking international women’s day, organized by the University of Exeter. Five women from different countries and struggles will be discussing the responses provided by populist governments to the pandemic, and how repressive policies have particularly affected […]
15 Bedouin Citizens were Arrested for Protesting Appropriation of their Land
On February 22nd, a State operation of land ploughing of 2,800 dunams reached the villages of al-Ġarrah, Al-Ruʾays and Saʿwah. Residents of nearby villages and supporters participated in a demonstration, calling for recognition of their villages, and requesting the State to stop demolitions and ploughing of lands. The operation was accompanied by large police forces […]
Digital literacy for Bedouin women
Recently, we began the first step in our digital literacy project composed of Bedouin women from unrecognized villages in the Naqab. This project aims to promote access to rights achievable through digital means by training women to gain the necessary tools, language and skills needed to help fellow community members in their villages. The residents […]
Approval of the plan for the construction of portable buildings in Khašim Zannih
We are pleased to share with you that the residents of the unrecognized village of Khašim Zannih have received the approval for a plan to build temporary portable structures for essential services, and in this case, educational institutions. Thanks to the active local committee of Khašim Zannih that have led and will continue to lead […]
International Human Rights Day: “Recognized” exhibition
NCF concluded the year 2020 with a photography exhibition by Arab Bedouin women, both online and in different locations throughout the country. The photos presented were photographed by Arab Bedouin women from unrecognized villages in the Naqab, presenting the topics of recognition, infrastructure and basic services that expressed the difficult and daily struggle for the observation of their human rights.
Recognized: Life and Resilience captured by Bedouin women
The exhibition Life and Resilience Captured by Bedouin Women, presents a collection of still photographs and videos taken in the last years by Bedouin women in 9 unrecognized villages and in 1 recognized village in the Naqab. In the exhibition Bedouin women bring testimonies to a life of continuous institutional dispossession: expropriation of land, non […]
The Government postponed the motion to vote the recognition of three Bedouin villages: ʿAbdih, Rakhamah, and Khašim Zannih
On Tuesday 22nd of December, the Government postponed the motion to vote the resolution to establish three Bedouin villages and that are still unrecognized: ʿAbdih, Rakhamah, and Khašim Zannih. This delay was due to the opposition of most of the right-wing ministers and their demand to vote the establishment of a young Jewish settlement in […]
Communication by UN Special Rapporteurs on forced evictions during pandemic
We would like to share with you that as a result of our work with the UN Special Procedures, Special Rapporteurs on adequate housing along with the Special Rapporteurs on indigenous peoples, minorities, human rights defenders, internally displaced persons and cultural rights, have emitted a communication to the State of Israel expressing their concern on forced evictions and home demolitions in the midst of the Covid-19 Pandemic in the Naqab, […]
Kolot magazine from Partners for Progressive Israel featuring NCF’s work
We have published an article about NCF’s work during pandemics in Kolot Magazine. In this opportunity we tell about our projects, challenges and Covid-19 impact in the Arab Bedouin communities in the Naqab. You are welcome to read the article here We would like to take this opportunity to thank the wonderfull staff members at […]
Demanding the establishment of special quarantine facilities for Arab Bedouin women in the Naqab
On 21.05.2020, Adalah, NCF, Sidreh, the RCUV and more organizations submitted a petition to the Supreme Court to set up isolation centers in the unrecognized villages of az-Zaʿarūrah and az-Zarnūg. There is a need of a plan that will provide women from unrecognized villages in the Naqab with suitable isolation solutions in their villages, and […]
The “Wikipedia” of the unrecognized villages – A new project by NCF
What are the “Lone Farms”? What is the difference between the ‘Green Patrol’ and the Southern Administration’? And what is the role of the ‘Regional Council for the Unrecognized Villages in the Negev’, which represents close to 100,000 citizens? In a new project of our Multaka-Mifgash Cultural Center, we present the answers to all these […]
“The State in the Supreme Court’s verdict on remote learning: The poor are guilty for their own situation”
In April, together with Adalah, the Regional Council for the Unrecognized Villages in the Negev (RCUV) and other representatives, we submitted a petition to the Supreme Court of Justice against the Ministry of Education, demanding that it remedy discrimination in the remote learning system. Approximately 100,000 Bedouin students were denied access to education and their […]
The Coronavirus Gave Israel’s Bedouin Immunity From Demolition Orders. Until It Didn’t
Read David B. Green’s new Article in Haaretz on the demolition policy of the Israeli authorities in the Bedouin unrecognized villages. The article tells the story of this violent and ruthless policy, led by enforcement authorities that continued to roam the Naqab and distribute demolition orders, fines and detained Bedouin citizens for investigation – throughout […]
Demand for immediate reinforcement of bank’s branches in Bedouin localities!
With 41 Celsius degrees outside and a 5 hours wait, under fasting: Tens of thousands of families remain untreated, with only two branches of banks that supposed to serve 255,000 Arab Bedouin citizens of the Naqab. Together with Sidreh Association, we contacted the Israeli Post Office and the Ministry of Communications, demanding immediate reinforcement of […]
There is an urgent need to integrate Arab Bedouin women into the work force
A telephone survey conducted by Ajeec during the COVID-19 lock-down, among Arab Bedouin women in the unrecognized villages, found that 40% of the women needed food supplies for their families,and 26% of the women said that they relied on on social security benefits. The pandemic has led to an overall crisis in employment in the […]
NCF to the Ministry of Communication: Connect the unrecognized villages to internet and cellular infrastructure immediately
In response to the previous letter NCF sent to the Ministry of Communication, the Ministry implied that they are working towards improving the communication infrastructural in Bedouin communities in the Naqab, especially in light of the COVID-19 crisis. However, as far as NCF is aware, the solutions offered does not concern the unrecognized villages. For […]
Haaretz: Bedouin in Remote Negev Villages Fend for Themselves During COVID-19 Pandemic
Bedouin in Remote Negev Villages Fend for Themselves During COVID-19 Pandemic, Haaretz (English Version), David B. Green, 26.04.2020 Over phone interviews with numerous community members, NGOs and local representatives of the Bedouin community, David B. Green manages to capture the reality “on the ground” in the Bedouin villages and townships amid COVID-19 crisis. His article sheds […]
NCF to the Attorney General: Stop home demolitions in the Bedouin localities in the Negev!
Together with 22 other civil society organizations, we sent an urgent letter to the Attorney General, Mr. Avichai Mandelblit demanding to stop the demolition of structures and plowing of fields in the Negev during the COVID-19 crisis. To read the letter in Hebrew please click here On March 2020 and as a response to the […]
General Assembly 2026
Dear all, The Negev Coexistence Forum is pleased to invite you to its Annual General Assembly, which will be held on Wednesday, August 19, 2026, at 6:00 PM via Zoom: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83851916355?pwd=OVxZJdPthhAwhR5eLNpR4cxxFEJACZ.1 Agenda: Approval of reports: Presentation and approval of the financial report and the narrative report for 2025. Admission of members: Approval of the admission […]
אסיפה כללית ביום ראשון, ה 18 ליוני, בשעה 18:00
Dear members and friends of the Negev Coexistence Forum for Civil Equality, you are invited to join the General Assembly that will take place on Sunday, June 18th, at 18:00, at our office in Be’er-Sheva. At the agenda: Financial reports approval after the approval of the audit Committee Elections for the association’s institutions Updates on […]
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