The decomposition of Olmert’s government has evidently touched its members’ brains: Welfare Minister Isaac Herzog announced that Bedouins “suffer” from polygamy. Guess he didn’t ask the Bedouins.
Herzog earmarked $16 million a year for the Negev Bedouins, approximately $100 per person. The Bedouins already receive 40 percent of all welfare allocations in the Negev region.
Bedouins are the backbone of southern crime. They smuggle drugs, weapons, and women, terrorize Jewish drivers, and routinely clash with Israeli authorities.
Polygamy: Bedouins are very unlikely to be suffering from it. But this may be a nice way to launder money. Besides, there is something else about polygamy: Bedouins have been living with it for centuries. So why would they feel like changing it?
I do doubt they have any thoughts like this. They are too wild fro this. For instance, it’s a norm among Bedouin children to burn dogs for fun. Can you believe it? And this is philosophy. Why would they bother?