Houses in the unrecognised Bedouin village of Sawaneen, in Israel's southern Negev-Naqab Desert (AFP) MEE Staff Middle East Eye / March 27, 2022 Government says new construction will strengthen Jewish settlements in a region of ‘national strategic importance’. Israel has approved the construction of five new settlements in the Negev/Naqab desert, days after four people were killed in an attack in the nearby Beersheba settlement. According to the resolution, which was approved by the Israeli cabinet on Sunday, the settlements will consist of one set aside for Bedouin, one as a kibbutz, and three as “communal” villages. The resolution gives...