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Our Brothers, the Bedouin
(Ha'aretz) Moshe Arens - I have traveled on three occasions this year to the Bedouin village of Zarzir in the Galilee to pay condolence calls on the families of soldiers who fell in the defense of Israel. In recent years, the number of Bedouin youngsters volunteering for service in the IDF, in the ranks of the Bedouin battalion stationed near Gaza, as soldiers in regular units of the IDF, or as trackers in the IDF ground forces, has increased. Of all of the segments of Israeli society, the Bedouin are the most disadvantaged This hour of crisis for Israel's Bedouin is a time for Israelis to express their support for the Bedouin community, and for the government to intensify its efforts to deal with their many problems.