Rumat al-Heib is a Bedouin village in northern Israel. Located near Nazareth

Nazareth

Nazareth is the largest city in the North District of Israel. Known as "the Arab capital of Israel," the population is made up predominantly of Palestinian Arab citizens of Israel...

 in the Lower Galilee, it falls under the jurisdiction of the al-Batuf Regional Council

Al-Batuf Regional Council

The al-Batuf Regional Council is a regional council located on the southern fringe of the Beit Netofa Valley North of Nazareth within the North District of Israel...

. In 2006 it had a population of 1,600.

The village was established at the beginning of the 1920s by members of the Arab al-Heib tribe

Tribe

A tribe, viewed historically or developmentally, consists of a social group existing before the development of, or outside of, states.Many anthropologists use the term tribal society to refer to societies organized largely on the basis of kinship, especially corporate descent groups .Some theorists...

 and was originally named after the family. The current name was adopted in 1968.

There have been tensions between the village and the nearby moshav

Moshav

Moshav is a type of Israeli town or settlement, in particular a type of cooperative agricultural community of individual farms pioneered by the Labour Zionists during the second aliyah...

 of Tzippori

Tzippori

Tzippori , also known as Sepphoris, Dioceserea and Saffuriya is located in the central Galilee region, north-northwest of Nazareth, in modern-day Israel...

, with the Bedouins accused of cattle rustling

Cattle raiding

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