The tribal challenge : alliances and confrontations in the Israeli Negev / Havatzelet Yahel.
| Portion of title | Alliances and confrontations in the Israeli Negev |
| Series | Perspectives on Israel studies Perspectives on Israel studies. ^A1350370 |
| 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. |
| Abstract | "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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Yahel, Havatzelet. Tribal challenge Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, 2024 9780253070814 |
| LCCN | 2024005390 |
| ISBN | 9780253070807 |
| ISBN | 9780253070791 (hardback) |
| ISBN | 0253070791 |
| ISBN | 0253070805 |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
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