NIF grantees are on the frontlines of the fight against systematic barriers Bedouin citizens face when they move to — or back to— unrecognized villages in Israel.

NIF’s action arm Shatil and NIF grantee Bimkom – Planners for Planning Rights teamed up to assist the Bedouin town of Lakyia in securing long-term infrastructure and economic development.

A group of NIF grantees successfully petitioned Israel’s Ministry of Transportation to install bus stops near unrecognized Bedouin villages in the Negev, providing much-needed public transit access.

Following a violent crack-down on Bedouin protestors in the Negev, social change organizations call for a halt in the encroaching and provocative practice of planting trees in the Negev near or on Bedouin land.

Through a series of accessible training workshops and networking opportunities, NIF’s action-arm Shatil is helping fortify Arab Israeli civil society organizations with the skills they need to succeed.

Sliman al-Hawashla gets recognition for his decades of work with Shatil, NIF’s action arm in Israel, promoting Bedouin rights in the Negev-Naqab.

In the Negev-Naqab, tax revenues are being redistributed more fairly, thanks to advocacy from local Bedouin leaders.

After pressure from the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI), a court ordered the Ministry of Education to connect a Bedouin school to the water supply network.

The Shatil-led Bedouin Situation Room is fighting to provide resources and information to unrecognized villages in southern Israel.