In Rahat, a city of Palestinian Bedouin Israelis about 20 miles from the Gaza border, people know loss and fear on all sides of the conflict.

Even in Rahat, with a population of about 80,000, there were only about 10 bomb shelters, the city’s mayor, Ata Abu Mediam, told the Israeli news media. When Hamas fires rockets, the people have ...

The mayor of the nearby Bedouin city Rahat condemns the attack, stating that '50 percent of the staff and patients at this ...

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Protestors clash with Israeli police following the funeral of Sami al-Ja'ar in Rahat in southern Israel, Jan. 18, 2015. (Activestills.org) ...

In Rahat, an Israeli Jew and a Bedouin mom of 7 have founded a local film festival In its third year, the Rahat Film Festival is slowly gaining momentum by introducing audiences to such films as ...

Is Rahat the Ferguson of Israel? The death of a young Bedouin man under disputed circumstances sparked riots in the southern city and reignited long-standing tensions between the community and ...

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Rahat, a desert town in the south of the country, has a population of approximately 75,000. In recent years it's stepped up its cultural initiatives, particularly with the opening of the Cultural ...

Such clashes have never been a hallmark of Rahat, the only Bedouin city to be officially recognized by Israel. Rahat was founded in 1972 and recognized as a township in 1994 — a sort of pilot ...

AL BAT, Israel — Adel abu Sbayeh heard the F-35 long before he saw it brushing a lazy contrail over the Negev desert, turning west toward Gaza, another warplane from the Nevatim air base not far ...