Police only allowed Baruch Marzel’s Jewish National Front to march on the outskirts of Rahat, not in the town itself. Rahat is the only legal Bedouin town in the Negev. Even among the allegedly loyal Bedouin, police cannot guarantee the safety of Jewish marchers in the town’s center.
We don’t expect significant disturbances during the march, as Bedouins so far have proven less hostile to the Jewish state than Israeli Arabs. The situation is changing quickly, however, as Bedouins urbanize and become less distinct from settled Arabs.
