A short time ago, a discussion ended with Prime Minister Naftali Bennett with the participation of Ministers Zeev Elkin, Ayelet Shaked and Meir Cohen, during which Bennett decided on all Bedouin issues in the Negev that have been dragging on in arguments between the three and Mansour Abbas for many weeks. Globes has learned that Bennett has decided that the government will approve the establishment of the three localities in the Negev, provided that 70% support is received from the residents who are to populate the locality that will be built.
On the issue of the five-year plan for Bedouin society, Bennett accepted Mansour Abbas’ demand and removed the enforcement chapter from the plan. In the five-year plan, Abbas will receive all the carrots for the Bedouin society, without the sticks intended to regulate and control what is happening in the Negev from the point of view of the State of Israel. Instead of the enforcement chapter as part of the plan, a ministerial committee will prepare a separate decision that will deal with enforcement and in practice will continue the enforcement as was customary.
Another gift that Abbas will receive from Bennett is the establishment of a new ministerial committee headed by him that will deal with the issue of the Negev and meet regularly once a month. Globes has learned that Operation “Turning Land” in the Negev, which was scheduled for Sunday, was canceled by order of the Commissioner of Police. The Bedouin on the ground.
This is the first time in decades that this operation has been canceled, according to sources involved in the matter. Following the shortened planting operations at the request of RAAM, this time the Commissioner announced that he would not approve the operation, which would allow the Bedouin residents to determine ownership of the land and in practice would cause further irregularities in state lands in the Negev at RAAM’s request.