Settling for Less: The Planned Resettlement of Israel's Negev Bedouin

248 Pages·2010·4.16 MB·English

by  Steven C. Dinero

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Settling for Less: Th e Planned Resettlement of Israel’s Negev Bedouin
Steven C. Dinero
S  L
Th e Planned Resettlement
of Israel’s Negev Bedouin
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•
Steven C. Dinero
Berghahn Books
New York • Oxford
First published in 2010 by
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Dinero, Steven C.
Settling for less : the planned resettlement of Israel’s Negev Bedouin /
Steven C. Dinero.
p. cm. — (Space and place ; v. 3)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-84545-762-4
1. Bedouins—Israel—Segev Shalom. 2. Migration, Internal—Israel—Negev.
3. Planned communities—Israel—Segev Shalom. 4. Segev Shalom (Israel) I. Title.
DS119.75.D57 2010
956.94’9—dc22
2010023964
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Printed in the United States on acid-free paper.
ISBN: 978-1-84545-762-4 Hardback
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CONTENTS

List of Figures ix
List of Tables x
List of Illustrations xi
List of Maps xii
Preface xiii
Acknowledgements xx
Note on Arabic and Hebrew Transliteration and Translations xxiv
 
Planning in the Negev Bedouin Sector 1
 
Segev Shalom—Background and Community Profi le 36
 
Planning, Service Provision, and Development in Segev Shalom 64
 
Health and Education 92
 
Negev Bedouin Identity/ies Development in Segev Shalom 119
 
Th e Resettled Bedouin Woman 145
 
Bedouin Tourism Development Planning in the New Economy 166
viii Contents
 
Segev Shalom—A City on the Edge of Forever? 186
Postscript 205
Bibliography 207
Index 218
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FIGURES

 .. Bedouin Town Physical Layout 13
 .. Segev Shalom Population Increase 46
 .. Percentage of Employed Segev Shalom Residents
Who are Working in the Town Itself 76
 .. Percent Employed Outside the Home, Segev Shalom
Survey Respondents 76
 .. Segev Shalom Ownership of Material Goods (%),
1993–2007 77
 .. Segev Shalom Residents Raising Livestock, Fruits
and Vegetables (%), 1993–2007 78
 .. Primary Reasons for Resettling Cited by Segev Shalom
Residents (%), 1993–2007 79
 .. Percentage of Households Connected to the Local
Utilities, 1993–2007 80
 .. Segev Shalom Residents Rating the Town Services
Highly (%), 1993–2007 81
 .. Political Indices, Segev Shalom 1996–2007 and
the Pezurah 2007 87
 .. Percentage of Survey Respondents Expressing
Satisfaction with Healthcare Service Provisions in Segev Shalom
(by Survey Year) 104
 .. Percentage of High School Graduates in Segev Shalom 109
 .. Adult Literacy Rates (%), One or More Languages,
Segev Shalom 109
 .. Percentage of Adults (M/F) Literate in at Least One
Language, Segev Shalom 151
 .. Women Accessing Higher Education Vs. Th ose with
No Formal Education 151
 .. Segev Shalom Residents Employed Outside the Home,
Male and Female 152
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TABLES
 .. 2007 Segev Shalom Survey Respondents—Descriptive
Statistics 72
 .. 2007 Social and Economic Indicators: Education and
Employment 73
 .. 2007 Housing, Utilities and Reasons for Relocation 74
 .. Segev Shalom Residents’ Perspectives, 2007 84
 .. Identity Labels 129
 .. Do You Feel that You Are Treated Equally with
Other Israelis? 130
 .. Stated Regularity of Mosque Attendance/Religious
Participation of Respondent/Family Members 130
 .. Segev Shalom Voting Participation 133
 .. Is the Present National Government Working for the
Social/Economic Interests of the Bedouin Community? 135
 .. Expressed Belief that the Islamic Parties Can Help
Further the Interests of the Bedouin Community 135
 .. “Slum Tours” Th roughout the Developing World 172