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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 647

Bedouin women

An illustrative photo of health workers. (istock photo/ nanostockk)
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
By Diana Bletter
Police and medical personnel at the entrance to Hura on June 17, 2023. (Magen David Adom)
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
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Residents of the unrecognized Bedouin village of Umm al Hiran walk to their homes after a protest against the town's demolition, on August 27, 2015. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
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
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Police units in the Bedouin city of Rahat after a shooting incident, April 8, 2021. (Israel Police)
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
By ToI Staff and Emanuel Fabian
The campus of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. (Dani Machlis)
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
By ToI Staff
A view of the Bedouin town of Tel Sheva (CC-BY Avishai Teicher/Wikipedia)
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
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Israel Police investigate the scene of a crime on June 2, 2021. (Israel Police)
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
By ToI Staff
Kafr Kanna, in the Galilee region, March 28, 2011. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
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
By ToI Staff
The Bedouin city of Rahat in southern Israel, on April 8, 2019. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)
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
Amal Elsana-Alh’jooj leads an identity workshop with ICAN fellows at McGill University in Montreal, 2018. (Courtesy)
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
Illustrative: Magen David Adom ambulances evacuating wounded people to Soroka Hospital Beersheba on July 31, 2016 (screen capture: YouTube)
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
By ToI Staff
A Saudi woman displays her new driver's license in 2018. (Saudi Information Ministry/ via AP)
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
By Ksenia Svetlova
SodaStream CEO Daniel Birnbaum dances with employees during a Ramadan iftar breakfast at the Rahat factory on May 27, 2019. (courtesy SodaStream)
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
In this March 30, 2019 photo, Umm Yasser, the first Bedouin female guide from the Hamada tribe, looks at Umm Soliman as she plays the flute, near Wadi Sahw, Abu Zenima, in South Sinai, Egypt. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)
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
Illustrative: An Israeli police car (Roy Alima/Flash90)
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
By ToI Staff
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