Abstract
The Bedouin are a subset of the Arab minority. As such this chapter presents the overlying context of Arab Palestinian communities in Israel, which have changed dramatically in recent decades. Their living structure has changed from the small traditional villages to a more modern hybrid rural-urban type or ‘urbanized village’ in a process that is both general and unique to their environmental circumstances. This urbanization process has led to incremental changes in physical, socioeconomic, and sociocultural environments within the Arab communities, particularly housing characteristics. The chapter presents a synopsis of demographic, spatial, and residential trends, the reasons for and impact of limited migration on rural-urbanization patterns, and land issues and their impact on the Arab population in Israel. The chapter ends with a focus on the Bedouin population in the Negev.
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The area upon which the Israeli State was established. Prior to the 1949 Armistice, the British called the land Palestine/Eretz Yisrael, and the Arabs called it Palestine.
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This figure includes the Palestinians with permanent resident status (not citizenship) in East Jerusalem (about 300,000 residents). The CBS has included these residents in their census figures since the annexation of East Jerusalem to Israel in 1967, despite their special status.
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This includes the population living in cities of 20,000 and more including mixed cities.
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Shmueli, D.F., Khamaisi, R. (2015). Arab Communities of Israel and Their Urbanization. In: Israel’s Invisible Negev Bedouin. SpringerBriefs in Geography. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16820-3_3
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