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town and a local council in the Southern District of

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, southeast of

Beersheba Beersheba ( / ; ), officially Be'er-Sheva, is the largest city in the Negev desert of southern Israel. Often referred to as the "Capital of the Negev", it is the centre of the fourth-most populous metropolitan area in Israel, the eighth-most p ...

. In it had a population of . Shaqib was founded in 1979 as part of a government project to settle Negev Bedouins in permanent settlements. It was declared a local council in 1996. It is one of seven Bedouin

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s in the

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desert with approved plans and developed infrastructure alongside Hura, Tel as-Sabi (Tel Sheva), Ar'arat an-Naqab (Ar'ara BaNegev),

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, Kuseife (Kseife) and the city of

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, the largest among them.

Etymology

The town is named for the Sagiv river that flows nearby and the

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between

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and

( Shalom means peace in

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) which were signed the same year the township was founded.

History

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Prior to the establishment of Israel, the Negev Bedouins were a semi-nomadic society in the process of sedentariness since the Ottoman rule of the region. During the British Mandate, the administration did not provide a legal frame to justify and preserve lands’ ownership. In order to settle this issue, Israel’s land policy was adapted to a large extent from the Ottoman land regulations of 1858 as the only preceding legal frame. Thus Israel nationalized most of the Negev lands using the state’s land regulations from 1969. Shaqib al-Salam/Segev Shalom was founded in 1979 based on an agreement reached with Azazmeh Sheikh Ouda which allowed the tribe to settle on its traditional lands. The Segev Shalom local council, with nine members, was created as an instrument of local government. In 2000, the council held mayoral elections.

Demographics

According to the

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(CBS), the population of Shaqib was 7,739 in December 2010, up from 6,500 in December 2006. The average population growth rate here was 5.5%. Shaqib al-Salam's jurisdiction is 5,981

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s (~6 km²). Most residents belong to various clans of the al-Azazme tribe which also populates Bir Hadaj, and also to Tarabin.

Economy

The township is situated close to

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so its economy is closely related to that of the city. Several industrial parks are situated in the area:

, Hura, Ramat Hovav, Idan HaNegev and

. Residents also work in the services industry in Beersheba. There are several organizations that promote entrepreneurship among the 160,000 Bedouins living in the Negev, primarily aimed at Bedouin women. As of 2015, the average monthly income was 4,908

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s. In May 2010 a One Stop Employment Center was established in Shaqib al-Salam to facilitate the integration of Bedouins into the workplace. It has dramatically increased the proportion of Bedouins employed.

Education and culture

There is a number of organizations carrying out different activities aimed at supporting and facilitating entrepreneurship in Israel's South in order to further integrate the 160,000 Bedouins living in the Negev into Israel's mainstream economy. They are primarily aimed at Bedouin women. Twenty Arab-Bedouin women from the towns of

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, Segev Shalom, Kuseife and Rachma participated in a sewing course for fashion design at the Amal College in Beer Sheva, including lessons on sewing and cutting, personal empowerment and business initiatives.

Healthcare

There is a branch of Clalit Health Services in the township, as well as several Tipat Halav perinatal (baby care) centers.

Parks and landmarks

The Jewish National Fund built a central park with an amphitheater adjacent to the community’s town hall.Working with Bedouin communities
Jewish National Fund

References

External links

Shaqib al-Salam's Facebook page

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