As part of our activities with Friends of the Jahalin, we took under our protection a baby girl from the Kurshan community, who was born with a rare disorder that can be cured with a special and expensive formula that is not available in the PA. Last Friday we gave the family additional formula. Following the use of the formula, the baby is getting stronger and this week she smiled for the first time!!! Many thanks to the company that donated the formula and the other donors

The dream that Ibrahim conceived about fifteen years ago involved weaving pegs and sheets and became a tent for hospitality in Khan al-Ahmar. Ibrahim taught himself tourism, working at summer camps in Ein Hamed about twenty years ago, where he acquired his Hebrew. He later sold souvenirs in Nabi Musa, and provided tourists with photo opportunities on a decorated camel on Almog Beach, in the northern Dead Sea. When the difficulties of making a living increased, he decided to b

The families living in Khan al-Ahmar always welcome every guest with an open heart and a longing for brotherhood and a life of peace - together. On a tour guided by Yaron Ovadia, we learned about the Jahalin Bedouin tribe from the Judean Desert and the mud school where about two hundred children study, which is also designated for evacuation. Thank you to all the volunteers, guests and residents of Khan al-Ahmar for an exciting event that filled our hearts with hope♥️ This Fe

Help us protect the Jahalin shepherds in Nahal Og who are in danger of immediate loss of livelihood! In April 2022, the head of the Civil Administration signed an order declaring Nahal Og a nature reserve covering an unprecedented area of approximately 22,000 dunams in the northern Judean Desert. While nature reserves bring important news for the environment, the declaration also has profound implications that far-right organizations have been working to promote for years. Ab

In a volunteer project by Maccabiah representatives in the US, eye exams were performed and eyeglasses were distributed to members of the Jahalin tribe. Today, the American Maccabiah hockey team was hosted there and gave the eyeglasses to the tribe members. Yesterday (Tuesday), the US Maccabiah hockey team was hosted in a tent by the members of the Jahalin tribe in the Judean Desert, to conclude the "Seeing the Jahalin" project. Due to the precarious economic situation of the

Strengthening the residents of Khan al-Ahmar! In these days when they are hanging between heaven and earth waiting for a decision on their fate. By mid-July, the state will submit its response to the petition of extreme right-wing groups, demanding the evacuation of Khan al-Ahmar and the demolition of the school there. About thirty Bedouin families from the Jahalin tribe live in Khan, even before the Israeli settlements were established around them, and the residents have bee

On March 10, the Jahalin communities in the Judean Desert conducted their first eye exams, the fruit of a collaboration between the communities, St. John's Hospital, Friends of the Jahalin, and Maccabi USA, which will also fund the distribution of glasses to those in need. St. John's Hospital provided volunteer medical teams in addition to additional optometrists who were called to the flag and took on the responsibility of continuing treatment if eye problems were found that

Between Time and Place - The Jahalin Friday 4.3 between 11:00-15:00 A one-day "pop-up" exhibition documenting the lives of the Bedouin members of the Jahalin tribe, which will be displayed in Ibrahim's tent in Khan al-Ahmar. The launch event includes lectures, traditional Bedouin food, and a musical performance by Adel Mseis. A few days before the state's response to the High Court (additional) is submitted regarding the evacuation of the khan, the exhibition presents dozens

Four of the poorest families in Khan need help. The boards are rotten and there is no way to buy tarpaulins or plastic, water is entering the tents and the cold is penetrating everywhere. The families are warming themselves with a campfire, but even the boards are very expensive and running out. Children in our neighborhood should not be sleeping in freezing puddles. In order to help the four families who lack the means to get through the storms and ensure that their homes ar

This week our volunteers organized and delivered "hard" food packages to 22 needy families in 7 different Jahalin communities. The families were selected by the tribal members, with each family receiving food based on the number of people in it. Let us take this opportunity to recall the difficult economic situation in which the Jahalin community has been for decades, with a complete violation of basic human rights, dozens of families living below the poverty line and depende

During the Hanukkah holiday, Fatma Jahalin, one of the Bedouin women living near Khan al-Ahmar, invites you to a stuffed meat and Bedouin food workshop. At the end, she will host a shared meal in her "restaurant," which is actually a simple and beautiful shed named after her little daughter, "Jenan." We met Fatma and Janan while the "Friends of Jahalin" accompanied them during treatment at Shaare Zedek Medical Center. So we got to know Fatma, a devoted mother and an excellent

Lunch at the "Jenan" restaurant in Khan al-Ahmar. An opportunity to meet with Fatima and her family in front of the beautiful desert landscape in winter. Those who already know her know that Fatima has golden hands and her hospitality always warms the heart.

During the holiday of Sukkot, we produced an exciting event called "Tents from Within," three days in which our friends from the Jahalin tribe opened their tents and hearts for hospitality in their charming Khan al-Ahmar. Hundreds of families came to stay. The atmosphere was charming, only smiles were visible on faces. The children being hosted and the local children played together and connected in a natural way that only children know, the adults walked around the khan and

As the Friends of Jahalin group, we asked to join as friends of the court in hearing the petition of an extreme right-wing organization that seeks to destroy Khan al-Ahmar. For the past four years, we have been on an exciting and extraordinary journey of rapprochement and developing good neighborly relations with the Jahalin tribe. Based on this understanding, we are fighting for recognition of equal rights for them as well, and for finding a humane, moral, and just solution

Supporting education for girls and women Nasrin Abu Khamis, who graduated from high school in Jericho and successfully passed her exams, has enrolled in university to study teaching and will try to fulfill her dream - to return to the elementary school, built from mud and tires, where she studied in Khan al-Ahmar. Many of the girls and boys in the Jahalin communities do not continue their studies in high school, and only a select few manage to continue on to university. Espec

Ahmad Abdullah Jahalin, a 5-year-old boy from the Jahalin tribe, who was deaf from birth, received a cochlear implant in his ear this week, which will allow him to begin hearing for the first time. The implant was performed as a result of extensive donations and collaborations on his behalf initiated by the Friends of Jahalin organization. Jahalin himself does not speak and communicates only with a smile. Today, it is common to correct the type of deafness that Ahmad suffers

At the height of the first wave of the coronavirus, the members of the Jahalin tribe found themselves closed and isolated. No one is leaving or coming in. The closure policy of the Palestinian Authority and Israel almost did not allow the tribe members to leave their residential area and shop. Thus, some of the tribe members, children and adults, found themselves unable to make a living, to the point of starvation. Gilly Sharon, a long-time activist among the Friends of the J

In the winter of 2018, Suleiman Daoud's tent burned down in Khan al-Ahmar. The family members were saved, but were left destitute. The Friends of the Jahalin group mobilized for the cause - and we raised 10,000 NIS within 24 hours, together with the local community. Within a few hours, a new tent was erected through a joint effort and we were able to set up a new home for the family to live in. The shocked family could breathe a sigh of relief. Yigal Mosko from N12 News follo

Fatma Jahalin, one of the Bedouin women living near Khan al-Ahmar, invites you to her home for a workshop on stuffed animals and vegan Bedouin food. At the end, she will host a joint meal in her "restaurant," which is named after her little daughter, "Jenan." We met Fatma and Janan while "Friends of Jahalin" accompanied them during treatment at Shaare Zedek Medical Center. That's when we got to know Fatma, a devoted mother and an excellent cook. Fatma, an entrepreneur by birt