Israeli Bedouin[a] are Muslim Arab citizens of Israel who are members of Bedouin tribes.
The main groups are the Galilee Bedouin in the north and the Negev Bedouin in the south.
Service in the IDF
editAt HaMovil Junction in the Lower Galilee, not far from Nazareth, there is a memorial to the Bedouin soldiers of the IDF fallen since 1948, 230 of them by 2022.[1] The Monument to the Bedouin Soldier (sometimes translated a Fighter or Warrior), established at a site close to Bedouin and other Israeli Arab towns, was inaugurated on Independence Day in 1993 by then-Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.[1] The memorial includes a museum of Bedouin heritage and a garden with medicinal herbs.[1]
Notes
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c Monument Honors Fallen Bedouin Soldiers of Israel. Lydia Aisenberg for ESRAmagazine, 21 February 2022. Accessed 6 June 2024.