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The nomadic Bedouin population was a pastoral people. They are the most genetically destictive Palistunian ethnic groups. They share a greater ethnic afinity with the Arabs of the Arabian Peninsula that the Palistinian Arab population. The Bedouins found in Palistine moved between Hijaz in the south and the Sinai Peninsula in the north. 【Yahel】 Connections with the Bedouin of North Africa were severed much erlier, perhaps inn pre-Islamic times. Free moverment in the early modern times was possible for centuries, because both araea were part of the Ottoman Empire. Egypt became independent (19th century), but does neem to have put any major impediments to Bedouin movement. As the Negev fell to Israel during the First Arab-Israeli War (1948-49). Israel inherited a substantial part of the the Muslim Bedouin population. The War cut the Negev Bedouins off from both the Hijaz abd the Sianai. Also connections wih Palistinian Arabs (the West Bank and Gaza) were reduced or severed. The nmajority now live in Israel and are Israeli citizens. Some voluntarily serve in the Isreal Defense Forces (IDF) and others have fought with the Arabs. The Ottomans began a process of sedentarization (1858) which was significantly by Israel . 【Goering】 Many Bedouins fled from Israel and settled in neighbouring countries (1948). After thw 1948 war some Bedouins began returning to Israel. Some were recognized by Israel as Israeli citizens. Israel built seven townships in the northeast Negev for the Bedouins, including Rahat, Hura, Tel as-Sabi, Ar'arat an-Naqab, Lakiya, Kuseifeand Shaqib al-Salam (1968-89). .Others settled outside the townships created by the israelis which became unrecognized villages. The kand ussues whuich resulted are an unsolved issue.
Goering, Kurt. "Israel and the Bedouin of the Negev," Journal of Palestine Studies Vol. 9, No. 1. (Autumn 1979), pp. 3–20.
Yahel, Havatzelet and Ruth Kark. "Israel Negev Bedouin during the 1948 War: Departure and Return,". Israel Affairs Vol. 21, No.1, (January 2015), pp. 48–97.
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