Tel Arad () or Tell 'Arad () is an unrecognized Bedouin village, located north-west of the town of Arad, with a population of 1,700 residents as of ca. 2020. The archeological site of

Tel Arad Tel Arad () or Tell 'Arad () is an archaeological site consisting of a lower section and a Tell (archaeology), tell or mound, located west of the Dead Sea, about west of the Israeli city of Arad, Israel, Arad in an area surrounded by mountain r ...

, after which the village was named, is located nearby. The pre-1948 residents of the area were the Jahalin tribe, who were transferred from the

Negev The Negev ( ; ) or Naqab (), is a desert and semidesert region of southern Israel. The region's largest city and administrative capital is Beersheba (pop. ), in the north. At its southern end is the Gulf of Aqaba and the resort town, resort city ...

in 1951 by the state of

Israel Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in West Asia. It Borders of Israel, shares borders with Lebanon to the north, Syria to the north-east, Jordan to the east, Egypt to the south-west, and the Mediterranean Sea to the west. Isr ...

, and now reside in the area of

Mishor Adumim Mishor Adumim () is an industrial park located in the industrial zone of the Israeli settlement of Ma'ale Adumim, about 10 minutes' drive from Jerusalem, in the West Bank. The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Ba ...

in the

West Bank The West Bank is located on the western bank of the Jordan River and is the larger of the two Palestinian territories (the other being the Gaza Strip) that make up the State of Palestine. A landlocked territory near the coast of the Mediter ...

. After Israel's establishment, the state transferred to the Tel Arad area internally displaced Bedouin from other areas of the Negev, mostly from around

Lakiya Lakiya () or Laqye () is a Bedouin town (local council (Israel), local council) in the Southern District (Israel), Southern District of Israel. In it had a population of . History Lakiya was founded in 1985 as part of a government project to se ...

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{{Israel-geo-stub Bedouin localities in Israel Populated places in Southern District (Israel)