The Bedouin had ceased their nomadic lifestyle and settled in the Negev long before the state of Israel was established in 1948. Today, some 76,000 people live as officially unrecognised by the Israeli government, with no access to running water, health clinics, mains electricity, access roads or permanent home and school structures. Despite occupying just 1.3% of the Negev, their homes continue to be regularly destroyed for development - this film would aim to provide a voice to these unheard people.

Today, in the Negev there is a dramatic contrast between the lives of these people, living in poverty and ever diminishing lands, against the new ranch style farms where Israeli settlers from the Gaza strip, have been granted thousands of acres, and where there houses are surrounded by lush, well watered gardens and swimming pools.

 

The Bedouin people wish only to be given the same choice as other citizens of Israel - that is, how and where they should live.