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- ↑ Journal of Palestine Studies. Issue 151. Volume XXXVIII, Number 3, Spring 2009. p. 301.
- ↑ Kershner, Isabel. "Bedouins in Israel Protest Plan to Regulate Settlement" . Retrieved 16 October 2024.