The Tribal Challenge

Havatzelet Yahel is a Senior Faculty Member and the Head of the Woodman-Scheller Israel Studies International Program. Yahel holds the Michael Feige Career Development Chair in Israeli Society, at the Ben-Gurion Research Institute for the Study of Israel & Zionism, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Yahel is a member of the Israeli Bar and often advises the government and others in land policy and legal issues. Yahel has published numerous academic articles on Bedouin issues, governance, land, and settlement policies. Her book Bedouin of the Negev: Tribalism, Criticism and Politics was recently published in Hebrew.

Acknowledgments
A Note on Transcription, Transliteration, and Arab Transcription
A Note on Maps

Introduction: The Tribal Challenge, Bedouin, Jewish Settlements, and the Mandate
Part I
1. Bedouin in the War of Independence
2. Creation of the Military Regime: Nominated Sheikhs and Tribal units, 1949–1956
Part II
3. Bedouin Exit from the Negev, 1957–1960
4. The Decline of the Military Administration, 1961–1966
Part III
5. New Institutions—Old Alliances, 1967–1971
Conclusion: The Question of Functional Alliances
Epilogue

Appendix 1: Table of Consonants
Appendix 2: Bedouin Groups
Appendix 3: Persons (Bedouin)
Notes
Bibliography
Index