Summary
A recently recognized Abu-Basma Bedouin settlement some 20 kilometres south of Segev Shalom, as described in Settling for Less — The Planned Resettlement of Israel’s Negev Bedouin through the testimony of one resident (Settling for Less — The Planned Resettlement of Israel’s Negev Bedouin, PDF p.171).
Details
- Yusuf, a 33-year-old resident and army veteran (6 March 2007): “There are over 1,000 people here [in Bir Hadaj] and yet, we have no electricity service”; a nearby Jewish resident “has electricity, water, everything! But the 1,000 bedouin here have nothing”; he holds up his teudat zehut (Israeli photo I.D.) — “But I am really just a guest here” — and predicts a future battle between the Bedouin and the Jews, concluding “there’s just no hope for us” (PDF p.171).
- Dinero presents Yusuf’s views as, for the moment, exceptional in the data from Segev Shalom and the neighbouring Pezurah, while noting the growing level of fear and resentment behind them (PDF p.171).
Related pages
Settling for Less — The Planned Resettlement of Israel’s Negev Bedouin, Abu-Basma, Segev Shalom, Pezurah