Bedouin

Who was Bedouin IDF tracker, slain Gaza hostage Muhammad al-Atarash? - explainer

Atarash, from the southern Bedouin village of Sa'wa, was a tracker in the IDF's Bedouin Trackers Unit in the Northern Brigade of the Gaza Division.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Muhammad al-Atarash
VIVIAN SILVER

Jewish-Arab equality is the only path forward: Lessons from Vivian Silver - opinion

Reality has proven to us again and again that the only viable path forward with the Bedouin community is the slow and difficult work of building trust, mutual respect, and belonging.

|ByILAN AMIT, KHER ALBAZ
Trucks carrying humanitarian aid line up near the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Rafah, Egypt, August 13, 2025.

Ibrahim Al-Arjani: The new threat to Israel's southern border - opinion

Ibrahim Al-Arjani, a billionaire from the Tarhabin Bedouin tribe, is largely responsible for gun and drug smuggling from Sinai into Israel.

|ByJONATHAN POLLARD
Hamaam, Suleiman, and Sagar al-Qadi Tarabin

Three Bedouin brothers shot in southern Israel after arms deal goes wrong - report

Two of the brothers were reportedly pronounced dead at the scene and the third succumbed to his wounds at the hospital.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Tune into today's top stories: Gaza front intensifies, 'Sparta Speech' sinks stocks

The Jerusalem Post's must-listen news roundup with Shifra Jacobs - the top stories, clear and concise.

SEPTEMBER 17, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST PODCASTS
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds a press conferene at the Prime Minister's office in Jerursalem, September 16, 2025.

'Serving the whims of Ben-Gvir': Protesters torch homes as Bedouin outpost evacuated

Residents set houses ablaze during an Israel Land Authority and police operation to clear the Al-Sir outpost, sparking clashes and political backlash.

SEPTEMBER 17, 2025ByYANIR YAGNA
Residents of the unregonized Bedoiun outpost of Al-Sir burn their homes in protestof an evacuation ordered by National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, September 17, 2025.

Neglect of Israel's Bedouin communities could lead to catastrophe, activist warns

Hagai Reznik warns decades of neglect towards Israel’s Bedouin community in the Negev could lead to a catastrophe, citing illegal weapons, crime, and lack of state support as key issues.

SEPTEMBER 14, 2025ByYANIR YAGNA
A man stands near a structure that was demolished by Israeli authorities, at the Bedouin village of Khirbet al-Hamidiyeh, in the northern Jordan Valley, on June 17, 2023

The culinary magic of the Negev returns

On the weekends of September, visitors to the largest Bedouin city in Israel will enjoy guided culinary tours, well-seasoned and diverse, from sweet to savory, sour to spicy.

SEPTEMBER 9, 2025BySHEVA DAROM
Traditional cookies

Negev resident indicted for supporting ISIS, handing over illegal weapon

Alzana was arrested several weeks ago in a joint operation by the Shin Bet security service and the Southern District’s central investigative unit of the Israel Police.

SEPTEMBER 1, 2025ByJOANIE MARGULIES
The Southern District Prosecutor’s Office on Monday filed an indictment in the Be’er Sheva District Court against Islam Alzana, a 21-year-old resident of the Bedouin town of Lakiya.

Druze in Syria consolidate control - but will they seek independence? - analysis

Druze leader Hikmat al-Hijri calls for a separate region in southern Syria, seeking autonomy after sectarian violence, with Israeli support amid rising tensions in the region.

AUGUST 31, 2025BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
A delegation of 100 Druze leaders from Syria visits northern Israel for the first time since 1973 on March 14, 2025. Israeli Druze proudly wave their own national flag alongside the Israeli flag in festivals and ceremonies, the writer points out.

Terrorists and those who aid them don't deserve the benefit of the doubt - opinion

I am challenged in understanding Jews who have taken Hamas’s side after the October 7 attacks and the Ir Amim Jews giving the benefit of the doubt to the Jahalin over their own people.

AUGUST 31, 2025ByURI PILICHOWSKI
A Palestinian protests in the Bedouin village of Khan Al-Ahmar, which Israel plans to demolish, in the West Bank January 23, 2023.

Syria seeks balance in Sweida amid Druze-Bedouin clashes, Israeli strikes - analysis

As tensions rise in southern Syria, the government seeks to balance humanitarian aid with regional stability amidst Israeli strikes.

JULY 28, 2025BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Syrian security forces walk together along a street, after clashes between Syrian government troops and local Druze fighters resumed in the southern Druze city of Sweida early on Wednesday, in Sweida, Syria July 16, 2025.

The vision for developing the Negev is becoming reality despite the challenges

Protection rackets are starting to be addressed - evidenced by the intensified involvement of the Lahav 433 unit in the Negev and legislative amendments that have passed.

JULY 28, 2025ByOFER PETERSBURG
Reznik and the institute team on a tour of the unrecognized villages.

Selective outrage: Why the world looks away from Syria’s atrocities but fixates on Gaza - analysis

Gaza is widely covered because it is symbolically and politically loaded. Syria is ignored because it is seen as broken, and no one cares.

JULY 21, 2025ByHERB KEINON
Bedouin families ride on a vehicle as they leave the village of Al-Mazraa, as residents reported calm in Syria's Sweida on Sunday after the Islamist-led government announced that Bedouin fighters had withdrawn from the predominantly Druze city, Sweida, Syira, July 21, 2025.

Bedouin civilians leave Syria's Sweida as tense truce holds

Fighting erupted a week ago between Druze fighters and Sunni Bedouin. Syrian troops sent to intervene were drawn in and accused of widespread abuses against the Druze.

JULY 21, 2025ByREUTERS
This aerial view shows evacuating members of the Bedouin community riding atop a truck moving along a road in Taarah, in Syria's southern Sweida province on the way to Daraa, on July 21, 2025.