Miraj,

I think that the idea is to move Bedouin communities as communities into areas where they can acquire housing and legal land ownership and government services, while maintaining their own community structure. Calling this a Bantustan is not only a misapplication of the term but does nothing to enlighten the reader about the Bedouin situation in Israel, or in Jordan and other places in the Middle East wrestling with problems of modernization. 

That there are upwards of 1000 or more Bedouin families living in Jewish neighborhoods in the city of Be'er Sheva, there are no Bedouin neighborhoods, should be testimony against the idea that Israel is setting up Bantustans or an apartheid regime for the Bedouins. But I suppose the next Guardian article will be about these city dwelling Bedouin and how Israel is destroying the desert Bedouin culture with which the previously quoted Guardian article was so entralled.

(Just as an aside, I wonder what the Guardian would have to say about the Bedouin fisherman living in villages along the Red Sea and Gulf of Eilat coasts. The image of Bedouins setting sail could not be farther from that of a desert dweller on camel back.) 

Miraj, if you want to talk about what the Israeli government should be doing now for the Bedouin or should have been doing for the past 64 years, that is not only legitimate, but there is plenty to talk about and criticize. But if this is to be the topic then I suggest that we stick to the reality of the situation rather than misapplying concepts from other issues or relying on sources like Rudolph Valentino's "The Sheik" to understand the rather complex situation within Israel's Bedouin population.

Habesor 

Palestinian Christians Respond to Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren

Palestinian Christians Respond to Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdaWyFVKy4A

They say Michael Oren does not speak the truth about Palestinian Christians, when he says Christians leave because of Islamic extremism.

"It's a complete lie." "It's ridiculous, really for them to continue to try to put a wedge between the Palestinian community." They leave for the same reasons the Muslims leave, their duress is the same, they leave because of Occupation policies, that are "slow and marginal ethnic cleansing policies." They speak of house demolitions, deportations that effect all Palestinians.

And what do they all agree upon, that the Occupation is what makes life difficult and why they leave!

One man describes that Palestinians lives are much the same in his village, they have the same culture, whether they be Christian or Muslim, the only difference one would see in their lives separating them from one another, is the day they go to pray.

Sherri

Palestinian Christians, when they speak out, they all disclose Michael Oren to be a liar, spinning lies about Palestinian Christians, in lying interviews and lying articles.

We have not seen one single solitary Palestinian Christian come forward and agree with him, not one, and that tells all of us everything we could ever need to know about  the liar who Micheal Oren is, the man who lacks integrity and the ability to speak truth about Palestinian Christians.

Sherri

These are words written by a Palestinian Christian this past Christmas, about the Arab Spring, words filled with hope for Arab Christians, for those who remain steadfast and who focus on Jesus.

"But the good news is that the democratic process is still gathering momentum in the Arab world. This will in time lead to reform across the board. It will also lead to evolving secular parties that will call for freedom of religion.

Christian Leader Sets the Record Straight about Muslims and Non-Violence