Negev Coexistence Forum for Civil Equalityפורום דו-קיום בנגב לשוויון אזרחי
منتدى التعايش السلمي في النقب من أجل المساواة المدنية
NCF delegate to the UPR session in Geneva
The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) is a unique mechanism of the Human Rights Council (HRC) aimed at improving the human rights situation on the ground of each of the 193 United Nations Member States. Under this mechanism, the human rights situation of all UN Member States is reviewed every 5 years. Prior to the consideration […]
Help save Multaqa-Mifgash
As some of you may have already heard, our Arab-Jewish cultural center, Multaqa-Mifgash, is under threat of eviction from the bomb shelter it has been operating from for over a decade. At the end of last year, the Be’er-Sheva Municipality sent a letter informing us that we violated the terms of our agreement and therefore […]
NCF’s Statement at the EMRIP Session in Geneva
“Arab-Bedouins are an indigenous population that has been living in the Negev-Naqab for hundreds of years, long before the establishment of the State of Israel. Yet, the State has been treating our community as a foreign intruder. In 2017 the Israeli government, disregarding the unique Bedouin way of life based on agriculture and animal husbandry, […]
Multaqa-Mifgash in Danger
Dear partners and supporters, I am writing to update you about a notice we have received from the Be’er Sheva municipality on Thursday, informing us of their intention to re-examine the allocation of the municipal bomb shelter where Multaqa-Mifgash, our Arab-Jewish cultural center, operates. The cultural center in the Dalet neighborhood has operated since 2006 […]
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu: Stop the Demolition of Umm al-Hiran!
The demolition threat still hovers over the Bedouin village of Umm al-Hiran, despite the fact that the State of Israel has not reached any agreed upon solution for its residents. Please add your name to our new petition, demanding that the Israeli Prime Minister change the master plan for the planned town of Hiran so […]
Photos: Bloody Wednesday in Umm al-Hiran
“It was the first time that the police had acted so violently towards us. We knew the night before that there would be home demolitions, but we didn’t know that such a large number of security forces would arrive so early in the morning. I left the house and saw the whole village filled with […]
In light of new findings: NCF demands an independent committee to investigate the Umm al-Hiran events
New findings from the dissection of Yaaqub Abu Alqian strengthens what was known from the beginning – Abu Alqian had no intent to harm anyone, and was shot by police as he was driving slowly near his home. Israeli Channel 10 published some of the findings – that Abu Alqian was shot in his right […]
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