Summary
The framework — agreement of 2000 and the council representing the newly recognized municipalities — under which nine additional Bedouin settlements were approved beyond the first seven planned towns, in Settling for Less — The Planned Resettlement of Israel’s Negev Bedouin (PDF p.53, 56).
Details
- The nine additional communities added under the Abu-Basma agreement brought the Bedouin towns from seven to sixteen (PDF p.53, 58).
- Unlike the first towns, all the new settlements are mixed, with neighbourhoods planned for herds and agriculture for those who want them, which Dudu Cohen (24 April 2007) presents as fixing the failure of a single settlement model (PDF p.56).
- Their lots are planned to be convertible: an agricultural or pastoral lot may be changed to residential use later for a small payment, which a Bedouin Authority planner calls the greatest change in planning in the past few years (Moshe, 15 February 2007) (PDF p.57).
- Saeed El-Harumi complains that Abu-Basma receives the budget money for pezurah residents whose children in fact use Segev Shalom’s schools and infrastructure, which Segev Shalom’s own budget supports (28 May 2007) (PDF p.81).
Related pages
Settling for Less — The Planned Resettlement of Israel’s Negev Bedouin, Segev Shalom, Bedouin Authority, Saeed El-Harumi, Dudu Cohen