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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 467

polygamy

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
A Bedouin community living next to the biggest landfill in Israel, near the city of Rahat in southern Israel, August 10, 2016 (Yaniv Nadav/Flash90)
August 4, 2021, 2:22 pm
Comptroller finds state failing on Bedouin and Israelis of Ethiopian origin
Ombudsman details subpar infrastructure for communities in south, with many lacking electricity or rocket warning sirens; Israelis of Ethiopian descent suffer over-policing, racism
By ToI Staff
Amal Abo Alqom, resident of the Bedouin village of Segev Shalom and founder of the non-profit Women for Themselves. (Shmuel Bar-Am)
January 21, 2021, 10:09 pm
Bedouin women’s activist who backed polygamy joins Ya’alon’s Telem
Ex-defense chief’s party denies Amal Abo Alqom supports plural marriages, after clip surfaces in which she said she wouldn’t mind her husband taking a second wife
By ToI Staff
Ofer Carmon, Yael Lamfrom, Roi Frampshes-Givony, Shir Talor, Aviv Losh building a dome in the Carmel forest, August 2019. (Courtesy)
December 20, 2019, 11:56 am
Graduate of elite IDF Unit 8200 breaks barriers with her free-love commune
While some grads of the highly-selective signal intelligence corps go on to launch billion-dollar startups, Shir Talor is a polyamorous pioneer with a cuddle space to be jealous of
By Nathan Jeffay
Women from the Ambash cult speak with reporters at the Knesset as they arrive to present their electoral slate to the Central Elections Committee on August 1, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
August 1, 2019, 6:58 pm
Four wives of jailed cult leader found pro-polygamy party to run in elections
Spouses of Daniel Ambash, convicted of sadistic abuse of his family members, vow to fight to prevent the government intervening in Israelis’ private lives
By Raoul Wootliff
Ahmad Al-Tayeb, Grand Imam of Al-Azhar in his office, in Cairo, Egypt, in 2015. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)
March 3, 2019, 5:43 pm
Egypt’s top Muslim cleric fuels debate by deeming polygamy an ‘injustice’
Islam allows men to take up to four wives as long as they are treated equally, and the practice is legal in most Islamic countries
By AP
Illustrative image of three Bedouin women making pita on May 9, 2006. (Nati Shohat /Flash90)
July 10, 2018, 10:14 pm
PM vows zero tolerance for polygamy despite widespread flouting of law
Netanyahu stand comes after committee suggests allowing multiple marriages in exceptional circumstances
By ToI Staff
Aderet (L) and Shiran Ambash, two of the wives of cult leader Daniel Ambash who in 2013 was convicted of raping and abusing his wives and children. (Screen capture: YouTube)
April 16, 2018, 10:32 am
Wives of jailed polygamous cult leader demand conjugal visits
Four of the six spouses of Daniel Ambash, convicted of routine sadistic abuse and sexual assault of his family members, want to meet with him and have more of his children
By Michael Bachner
Illustrative: An Israeli Bedouin woman. (Yaniv Nadav/Flash90)
November 18, 2017, 6:06 am
Israel tries to save Bedouin from polygamy, but finds little love for plan
Though three women describe horrible mistreatment under marriage system, most Bedouin say new government initiative to tackle phenomenon misses mark
By Dov Lieber and Video by Luke Tress
In this October 26, 2017 photo, Donia Jessop holds her mayoral campaign sign outside her store in Colorado City, Ariz. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
November 10, 2017, 1:26 pm
After a century, polygamous sect loses control over Utah town
Hildale, long run by fundamentalist Mormons, may have elected its first female mayor, an ex-member of the sect who sports modern clothes and hairstyle
By BRADY McCOMBS
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)
October 3, 2017, 1:38 pm
In rare case, prosecutors charge Bedouin man with polygamy
Negev resident’s indictment is first since cabinet approved plan to eradicate the crime
By ToI Staff
File: This file photo taken on February 7, 2016 shows Israeli Arab Bedouin children of the Tarabin tribe playing in their unrecognized Bedouin village next to the Dudaim dump site (background), the biggest landfill in Israel near the city of Rahat in southern Israel. (Menahem Kahana/AFP)
June 21, 2017, 5:56 pm
TV report says Netanyahu warned of Bedouin growth as ‘existential threat’
Prime Minister’s Office denies he made the statement in cabinet discussion on problems in the minority community
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Bedouins from the town of Umm al-Hiran in the Negev, southern Israel, seen in the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, November 20, 2013. (Flash90)
February 17, 2017, 10:19 am
Arab feminists fear Israel’s anti-polygamy plan is opening volley in a war of wombs
While condemning polygamy, some activists claim justice minister’s seemingly benign steps represent an attempt to curtail birthrates among Israel’s Bedouin
By Marissa Newman
Bedouin women in Rahat waiting for a bus, February 16, 2014. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
January 29, 2017, 5:42 pm
Ministers back welfare, education plan to ‘eradicate’ polygamy
Cabinet okays proposal to integrate Bedouin women in workforce, offer boosted health services, and advocate against ‘enlarged families’
By Marissa Newman
"Jacob Encountering Rachel with her Father's Herds" by Joseph von Führich, 1836 (Public domain, Wikimedia commons)
December 27, 2016, 11:25 am
In defiance of Israeli law, polygamy sanctioned by top rabbis
With apparent backing from Jerusalem chief rabbi, organization helps religious Jewish men marry a second wife, claiming this helps single women have families, counters demographic trends
By David Sedley
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