ISRAEL: Opportunity gulf between Bedouin in the Negev

TEL AVIV, 1 August 2011 ( IRIN ) – More than 180,000 Bedouin live in Israel’s Negev desert, but there is a big gap in terms of life opportunities between those Bedouin who live in 35 unrecognized villages, and those luckier ones for whom Israel has created seven towns or who live in seven officially recognized villages, say human rights workers.