In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “bedouin town”. Today it says “bedouin town organized as a local council in the southern district of israel”. 2 sections present on 6 October 2023 are absent today.
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Kuseife ( ) or Kseifa ( ) is a Bedouin town ( local council ) in the Southern District of Israel .1 Kuseife was founded in 1982 as part of a government project to settle Bedouins in permanent settlements. In 1996 it was declared a local council, and in 2024 it had a population of 21,849. It is one of seven Bedouin townships in the Negev desert with approved plans and developed infrastructure (other six are: Hura , Lakiya , Ar'arat an-Naqab (Ar'ara BaNegev), Shaqib al-Salam (Segev Shalom), Tel as-Sabi (Tel-Sheva) and the city of Rahat , the largest among them). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics .
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Israel municipality Kuseife ( , Kseifa ; ) is a Bedouin town ( local council ) in the Southern District of Israel . According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), the population of Kuseife was 10,300 in December 2006. Kuseife's jurisdiction is 13,692 dunams (~13.7 km²). Kuseife was founded in 1982 as part of a government project to settle Bedouins in permanent settlements. Israel Central Bureau of Statistics .
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Israel municipality Kuseife ( , Kseifa ; ) is a Bedouin town ( local council ) in the Southern District of Israel . Kuseife was founded in 1982 as part of a government project to settle Bedouins in permanent settlements. In 1996 it was declared a local council.It is one of seven Bedouin townships in the Negev desert with approved plans and developed infrastructure (other six are: Hura , Lakiya , Ar'arat an-Naqab (Ar'ara BaNegev), Shaqib al-Salam (Segev Shalom), Tel as-Sabi (Tel-Sheva) and the city of Rahat , the largest among them).List of Issues to be taken up in Connection with the Consideration of Israel's Fourth and Fifth Periodic Reports of Israel (CEDAW/C/ISR/4 and CEDAW/C/ISR/5)
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Israel municipality Kuseife ( , Kseifa ; ) is a Bedouin town ( local council ) in the Southern District of Israel . Kuseife was founded in 1982 as part of a government project to settle Bedouins in permanent settlements. In 1996 it was declared a local council, and in 2024 it had a population of 21,849. It is one of seven Bedouin townships in the Negev desert with approved plans and developed infrastructure (other six are: Hura , Lakiya , Ar'arat an-Naqab (Ar'ara BaNegev), Shaqib al-Salam (Segev Shalom), Tel as-Sabi (Tel-Sheva) and the city of Rahat , the largest among them). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics .
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The opening as it stood in 2025
Town in southern Israel Local council in Israel Kuseife ( Arabic : كسيفة ) or Kseifa ( Hebrew : כְּסֵיפָה ) is a Bedouin town ( local council ) in the Southern District of Israel . Kuseife was founded in 1982 as part of a government project to settle Bedouins in permanent settlements. In 1996 it was declared a local council, and in 2024 it had a population of 21,849. It is one of seven Bedouin townships in the Negev desert with approved plans and developed infrastructure (other six are: Hura , Lakiya , Ar'arat an-Naqab (Ar'ara BaNegev), Shaqib al-Salam (Segev Shalom), Tel as-Sabi (Tel-Sheva) and the city of Rahat , the largest among them). Israel Central Bureau of Statistics .
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bedouin town
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bedouin town organized as a local council in the southern district of israel
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