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The opening as it read in 2020

Ethnic group The Bedouin are a primarily desert-dwelling Arab ethnic group. As a pastoral, nomadic society, they live in numerous nation-states in the Middle East . The Negev Bedouin live in the Negev region of Israel .¹ After Israel's Establishment in 1948 and the occupation of Palestinian lands including Negev dessert, many of the Bedouin original settlers who remained in the area were relocated to towns.² Israel has built seven official Bedouin townships, and approximately half of all Negev Bedouin live in these towns. The remainder live in unrecognized, unplanned townships which are officially illegal. The Israeli government does not provide infrastructure assistance or other services to those Bedouin who live in the unrecognized towns. As a minority group within Israeli society, the Bedouin are a marginalized group. Within this culture, women are said to be marginalized twice.³ They are marginalized once for being a Bedouin and a second time for being a woman.⁴ Marginalization as a Bedouin is common to both men and women, as members of a minority group. The marginalization as a woman stems from traditional gender norms and expectations within Negev Bedouin society.⁵ This marginalization manifests itself in employment, educational, and health care outcomes.⁶

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The opening as it stood in 2015

Ethnic group The Bedouin are a primarily desert-dwelling Arab ethnic group. As a pastoral, nomadic society, they live in numerous nation-states in the Middle East . The Negev Bedouin live in the Negev region of Israel . After Israel's independence in 1948, many of the Bedouin who remained in the area were relocated to towns. Israel has built seven official Bedouin townships, and approximately half of all Negev Bedouin live in these towns. The remainder live in unrecognized, unplanned townships which are officially illegal. The Israeli government does not provide infrastructure assistance or other services to those Bedouin who live in the unrecognized towns. As a minority group within Israeli society, the Bedouin are a marginalized group. Within this culture, women are said to be marginalized twice. They are marginalized once for being a Bedouin and a second time for being a woman. Marginalization as a Bedouin is common to both men and women, as members of a minority group. The marginalization as a woman stems from traditional gender norms and expectations within Negev Bedouin society. This marginalization manifests itself in employment, educational, and health care outcomes.

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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023 2 passages from the previous snapshot no longer appear

Ethnic group The Bedouin are a primarily desert-dwelling Arab ethnic group. As a pastoral, nomadic society, they live in numerous nation-states in the Middle East . The Negev Bedouin live in the Negev region of Israel . After Israel's independence in 1948 many of the Bedouin who remained in the area were relocated to towns. Israel has built seven official Bedouin townships, and approximately half of all Negev Bedouin live in these towns. The remainder live in unrecognized, unplanned townships which are officially illegal. The Israeli government does not provide infrastructure assistance or other services to those Bedouin who live in the unrecognized towns. As a minority group within Israeli society, the Bedouin are a marginalized group. Within this culture, women are said to be especially marginalized. They are marginalized as a part of the Bedouin minority, and as a woman within Bedouin society itself. Marginalization as a Bedouin is common to both men and women, as members of a minority group. The marginalization as a woman stems from traditional gender norms and expectations within Negev Bedouin society. This marginalization manifests itself in employment, educational, and health care outcomes.

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The opening as it stood in 2025 12 passages from the previous snapshot no longer appear

Ethnic group Negev Bedouin women are women who belong to a desert-dwelling Arab ethnic group known as the Negev Bedouin , inhabitants of the Negev region of Israel . Bedouin women are said to be doubly marginalized, as members of a minority and as women in a male-dominated society. Marginalization stems from traditional gender norms and expectations in Negev Bedouin society, manifesting itself in employment, educational, and health care outcomes.

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