Bedouin

An Iranian missile wounded a doctor and baby, now 100 shelters are heading to the Negev

The move by the IDF Home Front Command comes after appeals by local council heads and residents to address the lack of protection in the area.

A semi-portable bomb shleter is set up near a caravan in this unrecognized village on March 21, 2024 in Wadi Alnaam, Israel.
Sager Abu Srehan, vice principal at the Amal Reut School, was one of the first to extend his hand to those impacted by the Iranian attacks in Arad and Dimona.

Israel’s Bedouin community open homes to victims of Dimona, Arad strike

Rocket launches are seen from southern Lebanon toward the Golan Heights, March 3, 2026

Standing Together activists place first shelters in unrecognized Negev Bedouin villages

Hanan Alsanah is the only one among her sisters to attend university.

Bedouin lawyer Hanan Alsanah eyes politics to advance Arab-Jewish partnership, women’s leadership


Wadi Attir shows how infrastructure can transform Negev's Bedouin communities - opinion

The future of the Negev will not be decided in ideological debates, but through action on the ground.

 Wadi Attir in the Negev, aims to promote sustainable agriculture among Israel's Bedouin community, January 28, 2025.

'We need America': Head of Israel's Druze community appeals to Trump as Syrian brethren massacred

The Jerusalem Post traveled to the home of Israel's Druze leader, Sheikh Mowafaq Tarif, where hundreds of former Druze IDF soldiers have mobilized for Syrian Druze after months of genocide

Sheikh Tarif meets with a delegation from The Jerusalem Post to discuss the crisis in Syria.

Clashes in Syria’s Homs show Damascus still can’t control tensions - analysis

Deadly clashes in Syria’s Homs province have renewed fears over state control and minority safety, as Bedouin fighters targeted Alawites and authorities imposed extended curfews.

Members of Syria's security forces stand guard by the New Clock Tower in central Homs, ahead of Eid al-Adha, the Muslim feast of sacrifice, late on June 4, 2025.

Family suspected in stabbing of transgender woman in Beersheba

A transgender woman from the Bedouin community was seriously wounded in Beersheba in a suspected family-based hate crime, prompting a police investigation.

 Israel Police during operation in Israel's North to thwart murder attempts, April 27, 2025. (Ilustrative)

Israel must advance Jewish-Arab relations in Negev, rebuild Bedouin communities - opinion

The diversity of the Negev is a blessing, but only if every community is able to thrive together.

THE FUNERAL of Hamza Ziyadne takes place in Rahat last January after he was taken hostage on October 7, 2023, and his body was found by the IDF in a Gaza tunnel. Negev Bedouin have been deeply harmed by the wars with Hamas and Iran, says the writer.

Bedouin high school in the Negev opens new campus

CEO, Ariel Weisel: “The campus was born out of the belief that real change in Bedouin society must come from within, from young people with vision and the ability to create a better reality.”

Opening ceremony attended by President Isaac Herzog.

One dead, five in custody after gas station thieves' getaway car flips in police chase

The thieves attempted to steal a gas station safe in Dimona on Monday night, after robbing another gas station on Highway 90 in the Arava earlier that night. 

Damaged car flipped by gas station theives in car chase, November 18, 2025.

Syrian security forces arrested over participation in July's Sweida violence, cm'tee confirms

Syria committee into the investigation of July's violence issued a statement on Sunday, which also found there is no proof that "foreign fighters" participated in the Druze-Bedouin clashes.

People hold a Druze flag, following deadly clashes between Druze fighters, Sunni Bedouin tribes and government forces, in Syria's predominantly Druze city of Sweida, Syria July 25, 2025.

WATCH: Retamim residents fear for safety after heavy gunfire from nearby Bedouin village

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir visited the scene, and blamed previous Shin Bet head Ronen Bar for not acting on Bedouin crime.

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir talks with residents of Carmit, southern Israel, November 17, 2025.

IDF detains Jewish settlers in West Bank arson attack on Palestinian village, four injured

Four Palestinians were injured in the settler attack, which extended to a factory, as well as agricultural lands, metal sheds, and several tents belonging to Bedouin families.

Israeli forces disperse Palestinian in the Hebron area, West Bank, November 10, 2025