Blueprint Negev
Blueprint Negev is a Jewish National Fund (JNF) project to construct new Jewish communities in the Negev region of Israel and boost Jewish settlement in the region.
History
The last large-scale development project to accommodate and promote new Jewish immigration was during the 1980s, when "Operation Promised Land" was launched to accommodate massive upsurge of Jewish immigration from the Soviet Union and Ethiopia.
In May 2006,
Population redistribution
The plan aims to bring 250,000 new residents to the Negev over ten years. Toward that goal, the project has sought to direct Anglo (
Beersheba redevelopment
The plan aims to increase the population of
New suburban communities
The plan envisions the creation of 25 new suburban communities.
Environmental and social criticism
Israeli and Jewish American environmental groups have expressed concern that creation of isolated suburban communities in the Negev will lead to water and energy intensive suburban sprawl[9] and strain Bedouin-Jewish relations.[4] They argue that the planned developments will require a large public investment per capita that benefits a small number of comparatively well-off immigrants in a region with high poverty rates.[10] Daniel Orenstein claims the project is not the answer to overdevelopment in the north.[11] Blueprint Negev has been accused of discriminating against Bedouins and endangering their way of life.[12]
Clean-Tech clustering project
In 2012, the
References
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- ^ a b "Blueprint Negev". Archived from the original on September 27, 2007.
- ^ a b Manski, Rebecca. "Blueprint Negev". MERIP/Mondoweiss. Archived from the original on 2014-08-15. Retrieved December 4, 2013.
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- ^ Brous, Devorah. "An Open Letter to the Jewish National Fund". Neohasid. Retrieved December 4, 2013.
- ^ When an 'ecological' community is not
- ^ Daniel Orenstein. "Population Growth and Environmental Impact: Ideology and Academic Discourse in Israel", Population and Environment Volume 26, Number 1 (September, 2004)
- ^ The Forward: A JNF Drive To Make the Desert Bloom Means Destruction for a Bedouin Village
- ^ Clean-Tech clustering as an engine for local development