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Abstract

By studying Bedouin land claims and experiences from both sides of the Green Line and within a host of legal spaces – from domestic courts to military courts and customary legal settings – this thesis presents a multi-faceted picture of Israel's attempt to organize the legal environment both within and outside of its domestic courts, in relation to Bedouin land claims in the Naqab region of what is today Israel, as well as in the West Bank. By making the connection between Bedouin villages across Palestine/Israel explicit, a novel perspective on the legal landscape emerges: one that takes into account the full spectrum of legal orders that exist and interact with one another in this geographical setting. Throughout the thesis, through a series of "thickly descriptive case studies" (Gaonka and Povinelli, 2003: 386) I address the legal encounters of Palestinian Bedouins across Palestine/Israel.

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