The Tribal Law in Beer Sheva and its Effect on Vanishing Dispute and Bringing Reconciliation

Abstract

This study's aim was to Examine how tribal customs contribute to conflict resolution, to Consider whether tribal customs in Beersheba were effective in settling disputes and to determine whether these tribal customs are used as a way to establish social reconciliation. In order to investigate the study problem a mixed method was applied, in which both interviews and questions were used. The sample of the study included 235 Bedouin citizens Be'er Sheva Israel. The main results were that, first Bedouins often support their tribal judiciary systems to resolve disputes. Second, Bedouins often prefer to go to the tribal sheikh or (the head of the family) to resolve distributes. Next, the majority of the participants agreed that they trust the tribal judiciary.