JOIN THE PARTNERS IN HONORING JEFFREY FORMAN, M.D. AND MIRIAM FORMAN Justice to order the government to con- nect the clinics to the electric grid. The residents rely on shanty con- struction for fear that if they build a permanent foundation and roof, the government will arrive with bulldozers. During the first week of July, the council for the unrecognized villages reported that the Israeli government demolished 25 Bedouin homes in Attir-Im el Hiran. The council said the reason had nothing to do with the environment or the good of the Bedouin: "The government wants to relocate them again — so that in the place of their village the government can build a Jewish village. But the people are not moving fast enough for the government authorities." The council said the Israeli govern- ment issued the demolition orders two years ago but waited to act. "Last night, the authorities were at their home, enjoying true Bedouin hospitality — a lamb was slaughtered, with the under- standing that this morning the people will be willing to sign a compensation agreement and move. Instead of an agreement, instead of compensation, they received bulldozers and demoli- tions. The government does not supply alternative accommodations; they have nowhere to go; so now hundreds are homeless in the Israeli desert." According to Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (www.mfa.gov.i1), increased population, industry and consumption throughout the country have caused major solid-waste prob- lems. "To overcome this problem, Israel is implementing a plan to shut down Imam Kama! Abu Heniya of Tel Sheva stands proudly in front of his modest home in the first officially recognized Bedouin village, set up the government in 1968. illegal dumps and replace them with a few environmentally safe landfills as well as facilitating a shift to low- and non-waste technology, as stipulated in its recently-enacted recycling law!' The ministry says billions of shekels have been allocated to enact change over "four to five years" through the Ministerial Committee for the Advancement of Bedouin Affairs, con- sisting of 10 government ministers. The "Bedouin problem',' as officials call it, is growing rapidly. Every 13 years the Bedouin population doubles, driv- ing up the rates of unemployment, pov- erty and crime. Ben-Gurion University's Robert Arnow Center for Bedouin Studies is trying to change that. "Remember the stranger, for you are the stranger to the land:' Arnow said. "This is a democracy. It can't be a democracy for 80 percent — you either are or you aren't. If you saw a person who had fallen down, you would go and help them up." The question is whether the Israeli government will offer that helping hand to the Bedouin of the Negev. At the 14th annual Partners' Events August 27 & September 8, 2007 Dr. Forman and his wife Miriam are committed to the fight against cancer and are two of metropolitan Detroit's outstanding humanitarians and philanthropists dedicated to the community. Nationally recognized as a prostate cancer expert, Dr. Forman is also known for his compassion and dedication to his patients. He is committed to providing world-class cancer care and continues to be affiliated with the Karmanos Cancer Institute and the Wayne State University School of Medicine. Hear cancer. Think Karmanos BARBARA ANN KARMANOS CANCER INSTITUTE Wayne State University For ticket information or to join sponsors: Compuware Corporation, Rock Financial, 21st Century Oncology, Cathy and Nate Forbes, Marjorie S. 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He wanted to give the Bedouin — men and women — opportunities to study on a university level so they could give back to Israel and their communities. According to a BGU annual report, only 38 Bedouin, including one woman, enrolled at the university between 1970 and 1990. But from 2004 to 2006, 71 Bedouin women and 92 Bedouin men received bachelor's degrees from BGU. The number of Bedouin students receiv- ing master's degrees is on the rise, and BGU graduated its first female Bedouin physician this year. Arnow said some of his ideas, such as the creation of a Bedouin stud- ies center in 1997, set him apart. "I am pretty liberal," Arnow said. But he said anyone who cares about the future of Israel and its people should worry about the Bedouin. 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