The Goldberg Commission, chaired by

Eliezer Goldberg Eliezer Goldberg ( he, אליעזר גולדברג; 24 May 1931 – 12 March 2022) was an Israeli judge and civil servant who served on the Supreme Court of Israel, and as the State Comptroller of Israel. Early life and legal career Goldberg w ...

, was set up by the

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i government in late 2007 to end the long-running land disputes between the state and

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living in the

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. The Commission issued its report on 20 November 2011. It recommended that most of the 46 unrecognized villages east of

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should be recognized on condition that they did not interfere with Israel's development plans in the area. It also recommended that most of the 50,000 illegally built structures in these villages should be legalized and that a committee be set up to hear and settle Bedouin claims relating to traditional land ownership. The Commissions report was regarded as progressive by advocates for Bedouin rights in Israel. In 2011 a second commission, the

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, reported on how the Goldberg proposals could be implemented. The Prawer plan involves the transfer of 30,000 villagers to government

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References

{{reflist, refs= Journal of Palestine Studies. Issue 151. Volume XXXVIII, Number 3, Spring 2009. p. 301.

External links

Goldberg Commission report in Hebrew
Israeli commissions and inquiries