Havatzelet Yahel is Professor at the Ben-Gurion Research Institute for the Study of Israel and Zionism, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. She is Head of the Israel Studies Program and holds the Michael Feige Career Development Chair in Israeli Society. Yahel is a member of the Israeli Bar and advises governmental entities and others in land policy and legal issues. She has published numerous academic articles on Bedouin issues, governance, land, and settlement policies, and she is author with Emir Galilee of Bedouin of the Negev: Tribalism, Criticism and Politics, which was recently published in Hebrew.