Polygamy

Israeli Bedouin slam new anti-polygamy move as 'cultural apartheid'

The law, proposed by Social Equality Minister Amichai Chikli and Justice Minister Yariv Levin, makes it so that families will only be allocated one plot of land regardless of how many wives.

Women prepare traditional flat bread in the Beduin village of Umm al-Hiran, northeast of Beersheba.
Women prepare traditional flat bread in the Beduin village of Umm al-Hiran, northeast of Beersheba.

Israel to deny additional land grants to polygamous Bedouin families

 Illustrative image of polyamory.

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Babies (Illustrative)

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Polygamy: Why is it illegal, what do religions think of it? - explainer

What is the point of polygamy and polyamory? Where are they legal? What does the Bible and other religions say about them? What are Israel's laws? Here's what you should know.

 Polygamy, the where one person is married to multiple spouses at the same time (Illustrative).

Israeli cult head, polygamist jailed for sex crimes Daniel Ambash, dies

Cult leader Daniel Ambash was married to six women and had 18 children. The case of his cult is one of the worst abuse cases in Israel, according to police.

 Daniel Ambash, head of a "cult," arrives for a court hearing in Jerusalem, on July 5, 2011.

Bedouin man convicted of polygamy in landmark verdict

Gegavim: “The court has made a clear and important statement: Polygamy is a criminal offense, and it will not be tolerated in the State of Israel.”

A gavel in a court of law

Wives of jailed polygamous cult leader will run for Knesset

Ambash, a known polygamist, has 6 wives and 15 children, who despite reports of sadistic abuse, rape and violence, have never denounced him and in 2018 demanded a conjugal visit.

The Ambash wives posing in front of the Knesset

Tunisian & Egyptian Activists Call For Polygamy To Solve ‘Spinster Crisis’

"If some people condemn polygynous marriages it is because of imperialist and colonialist attitudes toward Muslim women"- Svetlana Peshkova, associate professor at the University of New Hampshire.

A Tunisian woman holds up a flag during a march to celebrate International Women's Day in Tunis March 8, 2014.

Netanyahu: I won’t allow polygamy in the State of Israel

The Knesset Committee for the Advancement of the Status of Women criticized the report, saying bigamy should be allowed in some cases.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a cabinet meeting