unrecognized Bedouin villages in the Negev

Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan speaks at the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, at the Inbal Hotel in Jerusalem, February 19, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

April 22, 2018, 6:49 pm

Police minister insists 2017 Bedouin car-ramming was terrorism

Gilad Erdan says ‘outrageous’ Justice Ministry-led probe into deadly incident at Umm al-Hiran last year leaked details indicating it was an accident to media

By Tamar Pileggi

Israeli policemen stand guard as bulldozers demolish homes in the unrecognized Bedouin village of Umm al-Hiran in the Negev desert, on January 18, 2017. (AFP Photo/Menahem Kahana)

April 12, 2018, 12:02 am

Residents of Bedouin village ink deal to relocate ahead of looming demolition

As Umm al-Hiran set to be demolished to make way for Jewish town, some 170 families to move to nearby Hura and receive compensation

By Jacob Magid

March 22, 2018, 7:44 pm

Israel notifies Bedouin village that it will be razed entirely next month

Authorities maintain offer to the 70 families of Negev village, the site of deadly clashes, to relocate to a nearby community, but they refuse to move

By Jacob Magid

Israeli police stand next to a vehicle that rammed into police officers in the Bedouin village of Umm al-Hiran in the Negev desert, January 18, 2017. (Israel Police)

November 28, 2017, 2:53 pm

Police still ‘believe’ Bedouin car-ramming was terrorism

‘We have never changed our version,’ spokeswoman says, as Justice Ministry continues to probe incident that killed an officer and a teacher

By Sue Surkes

Israeli policemen detain a Bedouin man during a protest against home demolitions on January 18, 2017, in the unrecognized Bedouin village of Umm al-Hiran in the Negev desert. (AFP Photo/Ahmad Gharabli)

November 23, 2017, 10:25 pm

Top cop said to accuse police of hiding key document in car-ramming probe

In light of new information, Police Investigations Department to reexamine deaths during demolition of Bedouin village

By TOI staff

Illustrative: Bedouins from the town of Umm al-Hiran in the Negev, southern Israel, seen in the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, November 20, 2013. (Flash90)

August 31, 2017, 10:58 pm

Unexplained bureaucratic error could leave thousands of Negev Bedouin stateless

Israel reportedly stripped hundreds of Arab citizens in the south of their citizenship; Interior Ministry says it’s fixing a decades-old mistake in population registry

By Dov Lieber

Israeli police (foreground) gather in the unreocgnized Bedouin village of Umm al-Hiran in the Negev desert. (AFP Photo/Menahem Kahana)

August 21, 2017, 8:53 pm

Deal reached between state, residents of demolished Bedouin village

80 families displaced from Umm al-Hiran will see new neighborhood built for them in nearby city of Hura

By TOI staff

A yellow scorpion in the Negev Desert (Ester Inbar, public domain via Wikimedia Commons)

July 12, 2017, 4:45 pm

4 children stung by poisonous scorpions in 2 days

Bedouin youngsters being treated at Beersheba hospital, 2 in serious condition

By Sue Surkes

Medics at the scene of an explosion that killed two children in a Negev encampment on Tuesday, April 25, 2017 (Magen David Adom)

April 25, 2017, 9:45 pm

Two children killed in explosion in the south

Eight- and ten-year-old cousins pronounced dead near their tent in a Bedouin encampment; police investigating

By Sue Surkes

Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked seen with Supreme Court president Miriam Naor, Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon and members of the Israeli Judicial Selection Committee at a meeting of the Israeli Judicial Selection Committee at the Ministry of Justice in Jerusalem on February 22, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash 90)

February 23, 2017, 3:48 pm

Shaked has her day in court

The announcement that 3 conservative judges will assume a role in Israel’s most important, and traditionally liberal, judicial institution leads some to celebrate and others to wallow in fear

By Adiv Sterman

Agriculture Minister Uri Ariel arrives for the weekly government meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, December 25, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

February 12, 2017, 7:13 pm

Cabinet okays NIS 3b housing, jobs plan for Bedouin community

5-year project aims to boost integration into Israeli society, improve education, work training, public transportation

By Stuart Winer

Joint (Arab) List party chairman Ayman Odeh reacts during a plenum session in the assembly hall of the Knesset on January 25, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

February 12, 2017, 12:58 pm

Arab Israeli leader accuses Trump, Netanyahu of ‘race-baiting’

Ayman Odeh pens New York Times op-ed slamming Israeli government for ‘bulldozing democracy’ with discriminatory policies on Arab housing

By TOI staff

February 12, 2017, 11:22 am

Footage shores up claim police shot first during Bedouin demolition op

Audio recording synced to police video seems to confirm Umm al-Hiran incident that left officer and local teacher dead was not terrorism

By TOI staff

Palestinian laborers work at the construction site of a new housing project in the Israeli settlement of Ariel near the West Bank city of Nablus on January 25, 2017. (AFP Photo/Jack Guez)

February 7, 2017, 8:15 pm

Poll: Most Israelis oppose annexing parts of West Bank

Majority also believe Netanyahu should resign if indicted in corruption probes

By TOI staff

A Bedouin family sits in the ruins of their demolished home in the Bedouin village of Umm al-Hiran, southern Israel, January 18, 2017. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

February 5, 2017, 7:09 pm

A tale of two evacuated villages

Watching the Amona evacuation, with its unarmed police and efforts to reach a deal with settlers, residents of the Bedouin village of Umm al-Hiran ask why such consideration wasn’t afforded them as well

By Avi Issacharoff