Negev Coexistence Forum for Civil Equality
פורום דו-קיום בנגב לשוויון אזרחי
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NCF is at the United Nations
NCF’s Bedouin community representative to the UN CESCR: “The so-called development in the Negev/Naqab is done on our expense, we need the support of the international community”. The statement was given on the 11th of March (Monday) during the pre-session of the CESCR Working Group. Following a report submitted by NCF and Adalah, which depicted […]
A Victory for Freedom of Speech: The Supreme Court Ruled that Multaka-Mifgash will not be Evicted
The Israeli Supreme Court ruled yesterday (Wednesday, 26.12.2018) that the Beer Sheva municipality should continue to allocate the public shelter for the Arab-Jewish Cultural Center Multaka-Mifgash, which had been operating for over a decade in the city. Supreme Court Justice Meni Mazuz said: “The principle of pluralism requires the municipality to allocate public facilities to […]
A tour to the Negev Bedouin villages and townships for 17 Diplomats from 13 Delegations, August 30th 2018
On Thursday, August 30 2018, we hosted 17 Diplomats from 13 Delegations from around the world on a tour of the Bedouin townships and villages in the Negev-Naqab. We visited the village of Abu Tlūl aš-Šahbī, which despite the fact it has been recognized by the State for over a decade, has remained with almost the […]
New report by NCF on Perspectives of Arab-Women Employment in the Negev/Naqab
“Perspectives on Arab-Bedouin Women Employment in the Negev/Naqab” | March 2018 The report deals with various aspects of Arab-Bedouin women employment in the Negev/Naqab and the challenges and barriers Arab-Bedouin women face when attempting to enter the labor market. This report will show how the incompetence of the State’s authorities to promote employment within the Arab-Bedouin […]
Day for the Eradication of Poverty: Out of 20 Bedouin newborns born today in the Negev, 14 will be poor // Haia Noach
Government policy preserves the poverty cycle of the Negev Bedouins. Funds of the 5 year social economic plan do not reach the population but rather the enforcement bodies that only escalate the rift between the state and its citizens.
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 […]
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