{"id":1230,"date":"2012-01-13T00:46:26","date_gmt":"2012-01-12T22:46:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jahalin.org\/?page_id=1230"},"modified":"2017-01-28T10:13:24","modified_gmt":"2017-01-28T10:13:24","slug":"about-the-jahalin","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.jahalin.org\/archive\/?page_id=1230","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Jahalin Solidarity &#8211; Mission Statement<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jahalin Solidarity is a Palestinian non-profit, registered in 2016 in Ramallah, which aims to develop and work with Palestinian society (especially Bedouin but also others in Area C and East Jerusalem) targeted for transfer and forcible displacement. \u00a0As such, Jahalin Solidarity represents an initiative of civil society dedicated to protecting the rights of Bedouin and other Palestinians living under occupation, especially those living in a coercive environment of ongoing demolitions and imminent forced eviction by the Israeli military authorities.\u00a0 Jahalin Solidarity works in solidarity with Bedouin and other Palestinian civil society to support their struggle to stay where they have lived for the past 60+ years in the Jerusalem periphery or elsewhere, to uphold the Palestinian Right of Return and end the Israeli occupation.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3113 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jahalin.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/jahalin-logo-5l-300x100.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jahalin.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/jahalin-logo-5l-300x100.png 300w, https:\/\/www.jahalin.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/jahalin-logo-5l.png 350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Jahalin Solidarity\u2019s mission is therefore to work towards recognition of the full rights of civil society, while working in solidarity to prevent forcible displacement through effective public or legal advocacy (including targeting duty-bearers such as the PA or the wider international community) especially by community capacity building and empowerment, so that the grassroots voice is better heard.<\/p>\n<p>This work is carried out with civil society groups so:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Civil society becomes better equipped to conduct public advocacy;<\/li>\n<li>Civil society be capacity raised to be better able to defend its rights;<\/li>\n<li>The Bedouin voice is better heard in claiming its specific rights.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Jahalin Solidarity\u2019s vision to achieve the above is by empowering civil society (including Bedouin refugees, but also the wider Palestinian public) to demand its rights.\u00a0 It especially works to enable civil society to deliver its message by implementing strategic training&#8217;s or by carrying out strategic advocacy in consultation with those facing displacement.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Clans from five tribes\u00a0of the Negev\u00a0Bedouin entered the West Bank\u00a0seeking refugee status with UNRWA\u00a0following the establishment of the\u00a0state of Israel in 1948. As with all\u00a0refugee communities, each tribe has\u00a0its own historical account of the\u00a0steps which led to its expulsion and\u00a0its subsequent plight. The Jahalin\u00a0Tribe is the largest refugee tribe in\u00a0the West Bank today.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2944\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2944\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jahalin.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/DSF6156-Jens-Schwarz.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2944 \" style=\"margin: 2px;\" title=\"Bedouin from the Sea Level Community, near Jericho, July 2014. Photo by Jens Schwarz.\" src=\"http:\/\/jahalin.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/DSF6156-Jens-Schwarz-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"Bedouin from the Sea Level Community, near Jericho, July 2014. Photo by Jens Schwarz.\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jahalin.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/DSF6156-Jens-Schwarz-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.jahalin.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/DSF6156-Jens-Schwarz-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.jahalin.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/DSF6156-Jens-Schwarz.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2944\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bedouin from the Sea Level Community, near Jericho, July 2014. Photo by Jens Schwarz.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Bedouin of the Jahalin Tribe originate from the Tel Arad district of the Negev desert. Their\u00a0traditional tribal territory ranges from 50km north\u2010east of Bir Sheva to 30km west of the Dead\u00a0Sea and 30km south of Hebron City.\u00a0Tribal history relates that from 1949 the Israeli Authorities\u00a0began a campaign of forced evacuation against the Bedouin in the Tel Arad region. Refusing to\u00a0collaborate with the IDF, the Jahalin came under increasing pressure from the Israeli forces to\u00a0leave their lands. Physical and psychological violence increased, resulting in the demolition and\u00a0burning of homes and the fatal shootings of at least five of the Jahalin by Israeli troops.\u00a0Following the shootings and ongoing violence, the Jahalin Tribe fled their tribal territories to the\u00a0edges of the Negev, before moving into Jordan and the West Bank, seeking refugee status with\u00a0UNRWA in the early 1950s.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"font-size: 13px; text-align: right;\"><\/h4>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2950\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2950\" style=\"width: 192px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jahalin.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/JSC9416-Jens-Schwarz.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-2950 \" title=\"_JSC9416 Jens Schwarz\" src=\"http:\/\/jahalin.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/JSC9416-Jens-Schwarz-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"Children from the Sea Level Bedouin Community, July 2014. Photo by Jens Schwarz. \" width=\"192\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jahalin.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/JSC9416-Jens-Schwarz-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.jahalin.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/JSC9416-Jens-Schwarz-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.jahalin.org\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/JSC9416-Jens-Schwarz.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 192px) 100vw, 192px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2950\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Children from the Sea Level Bedouin Community, July 2014. Photo by Jens Schwarz.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Our strategy has four pillars of action:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Mobilize<\/strong> an effective emergency advocacy response to the threat using external experts working side-by-side with Jahalin spokespeople;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Leverage<\/strong> others\u2019 experience to develop community independence through intensive capacity-building;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Enhance<\/strong> community resilience by improving their ability to earn, by developing income generating projects and by safeguarding their traditional knowledge;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Keep community interests uppermost<\/strong> and to <strong>work strategically<\/strong> to achieve those interests.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[ (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){ (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o), m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m) })(window,document,'script','\/\/www.google-analytics.com\/analytics.js','ga'); ga('create', 'UA-53195838-1', 'auto'); ga('send', 'pageview'); \/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jahalin Solidarity &#8211; Mission Statement Jahalin Solidarity is a Palestinian non-profit, registered in 2016 in Ramallah, which aims to develop and work with Palestinian society (especially Bedouin but also others in Area C and East Jerusalem) targeted for transfer and forcible displacement. \u00a0As such, Jahalin Solidarity represents an initiative of civil society dedicated to protecting &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jahalin.org\/archive\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1230"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jahalin.org\/archive\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jahalin.org\/archive\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jahalin.org\/archive\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jahalin.org\/archive\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1230"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.jahalin.org\/archive\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1230\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3194,"href":"https:\/\/www.jahalin.org\/archive\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1230\/revisions\/3194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jahalin.org\/archive\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}