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The indigenous Israeli Bedouins are systematically marginalized. Within this population, the people of Al-‘Arakeeb, a small “unrecognized” village located near the main road to Beer Sheva, which was demolished in 2010 and has since been repeatedly rebuilt and demolished, are perhaps the most oppressed. The story of the people in Al-‘Arakeeb demonstrates an act of resistance by a technologically inferior and isolated community that was empowered by the new capabilities offered by the Internet and associated technologies
An earlier, expanded version of this chapter appeared as: Schejter, A. & Tirosh, N. (2012). Social media new and old in the Al-‘Arakeeb conflict—a case study. The Information Society, 28, 304–315.
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Schejter, A.M., Tirosh, N. (2016). Al ‘Arakeeb (aka Al ‘Araqib) and Uses of the New Media. In: A Justice-Based Approach for New Media Policy. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-41510-9_7
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