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When Bedouin teenagers have nothing and receive nothing, what kind of future awaits them and their Jewish neighbors?
Israel from the Inside first introduced Desert Stars to our readers and listeners almost three years ago, when we hosted Matan Yaffe, who founded the program. As listeners may recall from our more recent conversation with Matan, in which he described his suing Harvard University and then his moving to a leadership role in the new political party El Ha-Degel, the idea for Desert Stars began when Matan was attacked in the Negev by a group of Bedouin who tried to rob him. But Matan was armed, pulled out a gun, and the incident ended.
Rather than let anger get the better of him, though, Matan was…
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