Tirabin al-Sana (), also Tarabin (), is a Bedouin village in the Negev desert in southern Israel. The village was built for the Tarabin tribe.Negev Bedouin Israel Land Administration Located near Rahat and Mishmar HaNegev, it falls under the jurisdiction of al-Kasom Regional Council. In it had a population of .
History Prior to the establishment of Israel, the Negev Bedouins were a semi-nomadic society that had been through a process of sedentariness since the Ottoman rule of the region. During the British Mandate period, no legal framework was established to justify and preserve land ownership. Thus Israel's land policy was adopted to a large extent from the Ottoman land regulations of 1858 as the only legal precedent.
Israel has continued the Ottoman policy of sedentarization of Negev Bedouins. In the 1950s the government re-settled two-thirds of the Negev Bedouin in an area that was under a martial law. Several townships were built for them, offering better living conditions, infrastructure, sanitation, health and education, and municipal services.
As of today, according to the information of Israel Land Administration, over 60% of the Negev Bedouin live in seven settlements in the Negev desert with approved plans and developed infrastructure: Hura, Lakiya, Ar'arat an-Naqab (Ar'ara BaNegev), Shaqib al-Salam (Segev Shalom), Tel as-Sabi (Tel-Sheva), Kuseife and the city of Rahat, the largest among them).State of Israel. Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. List of Issues to be taken up in Connection with the Consideration of Israel's Fourth and Fifth Periodic Reports of Israel (CEDAW/C/ISR/4 and CEDAW/C/ISR/5) These townships cannot resolve the issue of high population density and illegal construction in the Negev absolutely, so besides expanding existing towns, the Israeli government has decided to construct 13 additional settlements for the Negev Bedouin, and Tirabin al-Sana is one of them.Bedouin information Israel Land Administration
Government Resolution 881 on 29 September 2003 created eight new Bedouin settlements (seven of which were to be located in the now defunct Abu Basma Regional Council).Government resolutions passed in recent years regarding the Arab population of Israel The Abraham Fund Initiative The village was later established in 2005. At first the Bedouin were reluctant to relocate there, only a part of the tribe settled in it. But at the end of 2011 as a result of fruitful negotiations, the rest of the Tarabin tribe living in an unrecognized village nearby moved into the newly built locality with empty land plots waiting for them.
Demographics The rate of unemployment and crime remains high in Bedouin townships.Blueprint Negev. Working with Bedouin communities School through age 16 is mandatory by law, but many do not complete their matriculation examinations. Women suffer discrimination due to patriarchal nature of Bedouin society.Sarab Abu-Rabia-Queder The activism of Bedouin women: Social and political resistance Ben-Gurion University Another serious problem is trespassing on state lands and building unrecognized settlements having no municipal status and facing demolition orders.Bedouins in the State of Israel Knesset official site
Economy There is an industrial park in the suburbs of Rahat,Rahat Industrial Zone several more industrial parks are situated in the area—Beersheba and Hura. Currently a new industrial park is being built close to Rahat, it is called Idan HaNegev.Idan Hanegev Industrial Park Village residents also work in the services industry in Beersheba. There are several organizations that promote entrepreneurship among the 160,000 Bedouins living in the Negev, primarily aimed at Bedouin women.
Urban development Tirabin al-Sana has all the basic public services, including medical services, schooling, post office, etc. For higher quality services village residents can turn to Beersheba, where Soroka Medical Center is situated.
There is an operating public sewage collection system for residential buildings and public institutions that some other localities in the area lack.'Gov’t must bring basic needs to Beduins' Jerusalem Post
Education There are several schools in the village. Nearby higher education options include Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and Sapir Academic College in Sderot. Soon, with the support of Harvard University, a new campus will be erected in Rahat, in the new Idan HaNegev industrial zone.Harvard University makes aliyah Ben-Gurion University of the Negev will oversee the new campus's operations, and it will be considered a branch of BGU.
Solar energy In 2011 an Israeli solar energy company Arava Power signed a contract with the Tarabin tribe in the Negev Desert to build a solar installation.Israeli solar company helps Bedouin profit from the sun The Consulate General of Israel to the southeast of Atlanta, November 16, 2011 The company is negotiating with the government a 30% of Israel's guaranteed solar power feed-in tariff caps set apart just for the Bedouin people. A plan for a photovoltaic solar installation was approved by Ministry of Interior's Southern Regional Planning and Building Committee in September 2011.Sine shines on Bedouin Alondon, December 4, 2011
Notable people
Ouda Tarabin
See also Arab localities in Israel
References
External links Lands of the Negev, a short film presented by Israel Land Administration describing the challenges faced in providing land management and infrastructure to the Bedouins in Israel's southern Negev region Bedouin information Israel Land Administration