The tribal challenge : alliances and confrontations in the Israeli Negev / Havatzelet Yahel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yahel, Havatzelet, author.

Series:

Perspectives on Israel studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bedouins--Government policy--Israel--Negev.

Bedouins.

Bedouins--Israel--Negev.

Tribes--Israel--Negev.

Tribes.

Physical Description:

xiii, 216 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.

Other Title:

Alliances and confrontations in the Israeli Negev

Place of Publication:

Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2024]

Summary:

"Drawing on a wealth of ethnographic and historical sources, Havatzelet Yahel offers an engaging and sometimes surprising history of Israel's policy toward Bedouin tribalism in the Negev desert in southern Israel. The study opens with a detailed look at the early years of the 1940s and 1950s that shaped the relationship between Israel and the Bedouin, most notably Israel's effort to accommodate tribalism in collaboration with the sheikhs. The story then shifts to the next stage in Israel's policymaking under the Military Administration in the 1960s and early 1970s. Although various forces were at work to break down tribal life, especially the hardship of prolonged droughts, nevertheless the pro-tribal policy won out in the end. Today, Israel's policy towards the Bedouin focuses more on traditional tribal authority figures than on the role of Bedouin individuals in a democratic society"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction : The Tribal Challenge, Bedouin, Jewish Settlements, and the Mandate

Bedouin in the War of Independence

Creation of the Military Regime : Nominated Sheikhs and Tribal Units, 1949-56

Bedouin Exit from the Negev, 1957-60

The Decline of the Military Administration, 1961-66

New Institutions, Old Alliances, 1967-71

The Question of Functional Alliances.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Yahel, Havatzelet. Tribal challenge

ISBN:

9780253070791

0253070791

9780253070807

0253070805

OCLC:

1408649585