Plans to expand Israel's desert city of Dimona, known as the cradle of the national nuclear programme, are stoking fears among nearby Bedouin villagers in Ras Jrabah -- an informal settlement of tin-roofed houses and a few concrete buildings, for their traditional way of life. "Every day when I look at this city, it's getting closer and closer to us," says Hassan Hawashla, a Bedouin, who himself is among the construction labourers working in Dimona. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES