Rahat

Basic Information

Type

City

Governorate

Southern District (Israel)

Region

Israel - Negev

Historical Significance

Largest Bedouin city in the world; product of Israel's forced urbanization policy for Negev Bedouin; symbol of the struggle for unrecognized Bedouin villages; site of severe socioeconomic marginalization; representative of Israel's failure to recognize Bedouin land rights.