A Bedouin man has been convicted by an Israeli court for having more than one wife, marking a major step in the country’s crackdown on polygamy. The unnamed man from the south of Israel was sentenced to seven months’ imprisonment by the Beersheba Magistrate’s Court. Being in a polygamous marriage is a criminal offence in Israel. Despite the prohibition of this lifestyle choice, it is reportedly common within the Bedouin community which lives largely in the south of the Zionist state. A 2018 government report revealed that there are approximately 6,200 polygamous marriages in Israel. That accounts for 18.5 per cent of Israel’s Bedouin families, and is a higher rate than in Egypt, Jordan and the areas under the Palestinian […]
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2nd November 2020, 03:41 PM
Israel convicts Bedouin man for polygamy in landmark prosecution
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