On June 24, the Prawer Bill — the government plan for regulating unrecognized Bedouin settlements in the southern Negev region and resolving disputes over land ownership — passed the first Knesset reading.
The bill, formulated by former Likud minister Benny Begin, implements the recommendations of a committee headed by former Justice Eliezer Goldberg to examine the issue of Bedouin settlements in the Negev and to offer solutions.