Inadequate Housing, Israel, and the Bedouin of the Negev

This article examines Israel\u27s treatment of its Arab Bedouin citizens living in the Negev desert through the lens of the international human right to adequate housing. The Negev Bedouin, an agrarian indigenous community, is the most socially, politically and economically disadvantaged segment of the Arab minority in Israel. Their precarious situation is rooted primarily in Israeli land planning pursuits that have ignored Bedouin land claims in favor of settlement programs reserved exclusively for the majority population. This article documents the manner in which the overarching legal and political character of the state has led to the development of a legislative, judicial, and public policy regime aimed at forcibly evicting the Bedouin from their traditional homes in so-called unrecognized villages and transferring them to impoverished urban townships. Reviewing Israel\u27s international human rights obligations, particularly the right to adequate housing, this article critically assesses whether Israel\u27s current policies towards the Bedouin are consistent with those obligations

Inadequate Housing, Israel, and the Bedouin of the Negev

This article examines Israel\u27s treatment of its Arab Bedouin citizens living in the Negev desert through the lens of the international human right to adequate housing. The Negev Bedouin, an agrarian indigenous community, is the most socially, politically and economically disadvantaged segment of the Arab minority in Israel. Their precarious situation is rooted primarily in Israeli land planning pursuits that have ignored Bedouin land claims in favor of settlement programs reserved exclusively for the majority population. This article documents the manner in which the overarching legal and political character of the state has led to the development of a legislative, judicial, and public policy regime aimed at forcibly evicting the Bedouin from their traditional homes in so-called unrecognized villages and transferring them to impoverished urban townships. Reviewing Israel\u27s international human rights obligations, particularly the right to adequate housing, this article critically assesses whether Israel\u27s current policies towards the Bedouin are consistent with those obligations

Inadequate Housing, Israel, and the Bedouin of the Negev

This article examines Israel\u27s treatment of its Arab Bedouin citizens living in the Negev desert through the lens of the international human right to adequate housing. The Negev Bedouin, an agrarian indigenous community, is the most socially, politically and economically disadvantaged segment of the Arab minority in Israel. Their precarious situation is rooted primarily in Israeli land planning pursuits that have ignored Bedouin land claims in favor of settlement programs reserved exclusively for the majority population. This article documents the manner in which the overarching legal and political character of the state has led to the development of a legislative, judicial, and public policy regime aimed at forcibly evicting the Bedouin from their traditional homes in so-called unrecognized villages and transferring them to impoverished urban townships. Reviewing Israel\u27s international human rights obligations, particularly the right to adequate housing, this article critically assesses whether Israel\u27s current policies towards the Bedouin are consistent with those obligations

Continuous loading of an electrostatic trap for polar molecules

A continuously operated electrostatic trap for polar molecules is demonstrated. The trap has a volume of ~0.6 cm^3 and holds molecules with a positive Stark shift. With deuterated ammonia from a quadrupole velocity filter, a trap density of ~10^8/cm^3 is achieved with an average lifetime of 130 ms and a motional temperature of ~300 mK. The trap offers good starting conditions for high-precision measurements, and can be used as a first stage in cooling schemes for molecules and as a "reaction vessel" in cold chemistry.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figures v2: several small improvements, new intr

A Novel Oil-Water Emulsion Burner Concept for Offshore Oil Spill Clean Up

PresentationIn-situ burning has been considered as a primary spill response option for oil spills since offshore drilling began in the Beaufort Sea (1970s). Since then, many studies and tests have been performed but researchers are still looking for a more efficient, simple and low cost way to burn the oil faster and as completely as possible. In this study, a new burner concept capable of enhanced combustion of oil-water emulsions and requiring no atomizing nozzles, moving parts and compressed gas for operation is discussed. The operating principle is based on use of immersed noncombustible objects of suitable geometry to transfer the heat generated by the combustion back to the fuel to create a feedback loop thereby sustain an increased burning rate. A 0.5 meter diameter prototype burner showing the viability of the design concept is discussed. Tests show that the submersed lower part of the conductive object can get hot enough to sustain nucleate boiling, significantly increasing the burning rate, when compared to the baseline pool fire, where vaporization is achieved solely by evaporation at the pool surface