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

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 […]

Fictitious Afforestation // Haia Noach

In the previous decade, a fictitious afforestation policy was declared, for the purpose of taking over land. The excuse was ecological: a fight against the danger of desertification. After all, it is important to prevent the desert from edging into the Negev. To that purpose, it is essential to provide the loess (infertile) soils with […]