Palestinian Bedouin (the plural form of Bedouin can be Bedouin or Bedouins) are a nomadic people who have come to form an organic part of the Palestinian people, characterized by a semi-pastoral and agricultural lifestyle. Originating from the Bi’r as-Saba’/Beersheba region in Southern Historical Palestine, Palestinian Bedouin are now predominantly concentrated in the South (al-Naqab/Negev and Gaza Bedouin), the North (al-Jalil/Galilee Bedouin) and in the West Bank. Bedouins have lived in the Negev region, stretching from Gaza to the Dead Sea, since at least the fifth century.[1] Remnants of Bedouin communities in the Gaza Strip include 5,000 individuals in Om al-Nasr, as of 2022.[2] However in the Gaza strip, the number of nomadic Bedouin is shrinking and many are now settled.[3]
- ^ Abu-Sa‘ad & Creamer 2012, p. 21.
- ^ "Hamas' use of excessive force to displace Bedouins angers Gazans". Al-Monitor: Independent, trusted coverage of the Middle East. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
- ^ Hammad, Tarneem (7 June 2017). "The Bedouins of Gaza". We Are Not Numbers. Retrieved 1 November 2022.