This would be a revolution, but it may be fine in two generations. Without coercion but with governmental direction… this phenomenon of the Bedouins will disappear. (Moshe Dayan, 1963) Even fifty years after the state leaders had voiced the state decision on Bedouins’ future, the “phenomenon of the Bedouins” has not disappeared. The state of Israel still struggles to relocate the Negev Bedouins. The recently cancelled Prawer Plan was another round of this long-lasting struggle between the state and Bedouin citizens. One of the main strategies that the state of Israel uses to implement the relocation policy is making life in the “unrecognized” Bedouin villages difficult by denying basic infrastructure and public services. However, more than half of the Negev Bedouin community still manages to live in these villages. How do Bedouins manage to resist the state’s repeated attempts at relocation? This paper argues that one key factor in the Negev Bedouins’ successful resistance is that they have broken one of the basic strengths of the modern state, the monopoly on infrastructure projects. Without permits to connect their villages to the advanced water and electricity grids, Bedouins started to construct their own solar panels to produce electricity. By producing their own energy, Bedouins have broken the state’s monopoly on distribution of infrastructure projects, challenged the state’s authority over their lives and became more autonomous. The struggle conducted around the solar panels indicates the Achilles heel of the modern state.