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

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 […]

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 […]