Well, you have to be a little more selective than "Israelis". The article you link, for instance, is in an Israeli paper. About 50% of respondents seem to be against the action. So it's not as if all Israelis are supportive of such actions.
A question would be, how un-supportive are people in Israel to such actions? Would they protest? Would they offer support to the affected people? Or would they just shake their heads and turn the page?
As you probably know, this whole "resettlement" process in Israel started back in the 60s with various degrees of success and failure. Various methods being used to try to urbanise the Bedouin folk. Money, alternative housing, force etc. Over 80% of the Bedouin have relocated without being forced - attracted by incentives, jobs, education etc. However, 18% were forced to move. Is there a solution for these people?
You need to also consider that the Israelis are not alone in this program of resettling Bedouin people. Countries in Nth Africa, Syria, Jordan and Oman are just a few with similar programs. A big difference in Israel is that 1, the resettlement is not voluntary, and 2, it is implemented by a non-Arabic government - making it somewhat more unpopular. They seem to have allowed a 50 year window to allow for generational change (you can't just get a nomad to settle in a house - it just doesn't work)...but you're never going to get a faultless transition.
I think one of the problems is that governments don't like populations that wonder about the place. Land ownership is far more important to governments and citizens than ever before. This means you can't have people traipsing around setting up their houses where-ever they like. Nomadic people generally dont have the concept of land ownership.
It's too easy to hoist the 'lets blame Israel' flag when you see these kind of articles without knowing the background to it. Clearly, it would appear that the Israeli government could handle things a little more smoothly - tipping people out of their houses rather publicly doesn't look like a major PR coup. But then, Israel have never been that good at 'spin'.
The question is, how could they have handled it better?
