Illustrative. The village of Qasr al-Sir in the Neve Midbar Regional Council. @ Aiob Abo Madegam | Dreamstime.com For years, the Neve Midbar Regional Council has been providing educational services to thousands of students who are residents of unrecognized villages under a contracting agreement between the council and the Ministry of Education. On December 18, 2025, the Regional Council announced that, due to an ongoing budgetary and operational dispute with the Ministry of E

© Liujunrong | Dreamstime.com Several times in recent months, the police set up roadblocks on access roads to Arab towns in order to fight crime and weapons smuggling. The roadblocks paralyzed main traffic arteries, made entry and exit to the towns difficult to impossible, disrupted daily life, and violated residents' rights to freedom of movement and human dignity.  In response to these actions, we sent appeals to the Attorney General, the Police Commissioner, and the Legal

Photo: © Karl Francis Dale Tapales | Dreamstime.com On December 15, 2025, ACRI, together with Itach-Maaki and Physicians for Human Rights, sent an appeal to the Ministry of Health regarding the mediators program operated through the Ministry of Health, via a contractor, at 26 Tipat Halav (well-baby) clinics in Bedouin communities in the Negev. The program's purpose is to reduce infant mortality in Bedouin society: mediators translate and make medical information accessible t

Kindergartens in al-Jara. Photo: Attorney Abeer Joubran The village of al-Jara in the Negev is an unrecognized village that is not within the jurisdiction of any local authority, so the responsibility for kindergarten education lies with the Ministry of Education. The Ministry of Education contracted with the al-Kasom Regional Council, a Bedouin regional council in the Negev, and provides it with budgets to manage registration and operate the village’s four kindergartens on i

© Masar1920 | Dreamstime.com ACRI and Bimkom—Planners for Planning Rights contacted the Director General of the Planning Administration...

Negev Bedouin Village. Photo: © Leonid Spektor | Dreamstime.com On July 24, 2025, the Association for Civil Rights in Israel, together...

A barrage of missiles from Iran over Jerusalem. Photo: Yossi Zamir, Shatil-Stok As a result of the war with Iran, the Ministry of Defense...

Illustrative. A school in a Bedouin settlement. Photo: Yossi Zamir, Shatil-Stok On May 22, 2025, ACRI, Bimkom—Planners for Planning...

The village of Bir Al-Hamam has a kindergarten that has been operating for twenty years, enrolling about 30 children ages 3-5 every year....

On August 29, 2024, residents of unrecognized Bedouin villages, alongside the Council of Unrecognized Villages and human rights...

A Review of Human Rights Violations in Israel and the West Bank    Over a Year of War     Since the horrific massacre carried out by...

Bedouin citizens and residents living in unrecognized villages are entitled to register their residence in accordance with their tribal...

On February 1, 2024, we petitioned the High Court of Justice (Hebrew) together with Bimkom on behalf of 84 residents, against amendment...

Wadi Al Na’am, which houses over 10,000 residents, is the largest unrecognized village in the Negev. It was formed in the 50’s, when the...

The Rahma Kindergarten is a state-run kindergarten in the Rahma settlement in the Negev, attended by approximately 100 children ages...

On September 5, 2023, ACRI, together with the Regional Council for Unrecognized Villages in the Negev, appealed (Hebrew) to the Ministry...

Since March 2023, the student transportation system of the Neve Midbar Regional Council has been sporadically halted due to budget...

On October 13, 2023, we addressed the Minister of Defense, the Minister of the Interior, and the Home Front Command, demanding the...

Since its establishment, the government has been promoting significant changes in the realm of personal security and law enforcement....

On November 10, 2022, on behalf of residents of Bedouin communities in the Negev Mountains, ACRI and the nonprofits Bimkom, Planners for...