Flags of Non Governmental Organisations (Israel)

Last modified: 2008-07-05 by dov gutterman
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• Amishav
• Chabad-Lubavitch Movement
• Israel Nature Preservation Society (HeHevra LeHaganat HaTeva)
  • Buildings and Settling Sites Preservation Council (HaMo'atza LeShimur Mivnim VeAtare Hityashvut)
• Movement for Quality Government in Israel (HaTnu'aa LeMa'an Eikhut HaShilton BeIsrael)
• NETZER (No'ar Zioni Reformi - Progressive Zionist Youth)
• The Regional Council for Unrecognized Negev-villages

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• Israel

The Regional Council for Unrecognized Negev-villages

The Regional Council for Unrecognized Negev-villages, is NOT a local authority but an organization.
One of the problems with settled Bedouins is the fact that as former nomads sometimes they settled where they saw fit without giving any thought to legalities such as land ownership, building codes etc.
This brought to situation that there are many "unrecognized" (or "illegal") villages which are not part of any local authority and are not allowed to get any municipal or state services.
The State demand that those villages will be removed from their place and the settlers will find new homes in one of the existing Bedouin "recognized" villages, however those demand were rejected by the settlers.
One of the bodies that represent those villages is "The regional Council for Unrecognized Negev-villages". Even thou they have an "official-like" name, it is not a local authority but an association of the (self-proclaimed) local committees of those villages.
Following the footsteps of the "official" regional councils, this one also adopted a flag whose photo can be seen at <stage.co.il>.
Dov Gutterman, 5 March 2005