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June 9, 2025, 10:20 pm
Health Ministry report: Healthcare in the periphery lags far behind the center
Study finds infant mortality rate among Arab babies almost double that of Jewish babies, Arab men have lower life expectancy than Jewish men but Arab women are living longer
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Diana Bletter
June 17, 2023, 7:26 pm
12-year-old girl dies in Negev; tire tracks found on her chest
Girl’s family claims she died of heat stroke after being left in car, but police open investigation after finding evidence she was run over
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May 20, 2022, 2:42 pm
Finance official said to propose child benefit cuts to Bedouin who practice polygamy
Finance Ministry director-general tells state budget meeting that men having multiple wives is ‘an industry,’ claims reduction will lower birthrate in impoverished community
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ToI Staff
April 9, 2022, 10:40 am
5 injured in shooting toward Rahat cafe; 1 in critical condition
4 others moderately wounded; days earlier another cafe in southern town targeted for employing Bedouin women; ‘We will continue to employ our daughters,’ mayor says
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Emanuel Fabian
March 26, 2022, 6:51 pm
Head of Ben-Gurion University says school uncovered Islamist ‘modesty squads’
Prof. Daniel Chamovitz says group consisted of three people who photographed female Bedouin students and sent pictures back to their clans if they were not modest enough
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ToI Staff
October 25, 2021, 11:49 am
Woman dies in apparent exorcism; sheikh, doctor and husband arrested
26-year-old said to collapse during ceremony performed by Tel Sheva Bedouin sheikh who ‘practices witchcraft’; 3 suspects set to appear in court
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ToI Staff
September 29, 2021, 4:00 pm
Woman found dead in home in south; husband arrested
Police investigating suspected murder near town of Ar’ara Banegev; body of deceased, 26, reportedly shows signs of violence
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ToI Staff
September 12, 2020, 3:21 pm
Man stabbed to death in northern village, reportedly by uncle
Police say 43-year-old relative of victim has been arrested in connection with the killing in Kafr Kanna
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ToI Staff
September 11, 2020, 7:56 am
Woman shot dead in southern Bedouin city, reportedly in front of baby daughter
Police investigating killing of Hanin al-Abeed, 30, in Rahat; legal documents say she suffered domestic abuse by several members of her family
By
Aaron Boxerman
February 17, 2020, 3:38 am
Far from her village, rare Bedouin feminist fights for Israeli women and peace
Now armed with a PhD in Canada, Amal Elsana-Alh’jooj pursues her vision for greater equality between men, women, Jews, and Arabs in her homeland
By
Robert Sarner
January 14, 2020, 8:46 am
Woman dies after violent attack; man said to tell police: ‘I strangled my wife’
33-year-old taken to hospital from Bedouin community in south; medical teams unable to save her
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ToI Staff
July 28, 2019, 3:20 am
Rising from ashes of Arab Spring, women lead a first Muslim feminist revolution
The often violent upheaval sweeping the Middle East in the last decade has also spurred women to cling to gains earned as they fight, and rebuild, alongside men
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Ksenia Svetlova
May 29, 2019, 6:50 am
At SodaStream Ramadan break fast, hopes that peace will bubble up from Rahat
Interfaith iftar dinner for 2,000 Jewish and Arab employees highlights company’s expansion to serve more marginalized populations at its ‘Island of Peace’
By
Melanie Lidman
April 10, 2019, 12:25 pm
In a first, Bedouin women lead tours in Egypt’s Sinai
‘It is against our culture, but women need jobs,’ says 47-year-old Umm Yasser, a guide and part of Sinai Trail, a project helping Bedouin tribes develop local tourism
By
Nariman El-Mofty
March 14, 2019, 4:00 pm
Relative remanded in killing of 18-year-old in Lod 4 days before her wedding
Two suspected family members reportedly signed document vowing to protect Diana Abu Kafitan after she fled home due to threats over engagement
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