Negev Coexistence Forum for Civil Equality
פורום דו-קיום בנגב לשוויון אזרחי
منتدى التعايش السلمي في النقب من أجل المساواة المدنية

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 […]

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 […]