T. Belman. We cannot leave them unattended. We must reduce their reproduction rates and inclination to Islamism. It is obviously in our interest to do so. First and most important is to get more women to go to college. This has proven very effective in reducing Arab fertility. Secondly we should enforce laws that penalize bigamy.
Finally we must make them abide by all our laws. They cannot live their nomadic lifestyle at our expense. We have no obligation to allow them to. They must learn to conform. They must stop incest within their ranks. Its a crime for good reason.
Like other countries in the region, Israel has failed to provide its Bedouin population with housing, employment, and education opportunities.
By Prof. Eyal Zisser, ISRAEL HAYOM

At the beginning of the 1950s, the Bedouin population in the Negev was a little over 10,000. Today, 70 years later, there are almost 300,000 Bedouins in the Negev. Alongside infiltration into Israel, primarily in the years after its establishment, this astounding increase is the result of unprecedented natural growth – in Middle Eastern terms as well – of a population that has doubled every 15 years.
In 1951, there were 12,700 Bedouin. Twenty years later, in 1970, there were 25,000. In 1980, that number stood at 37,000, and in 2000, it had already reached 120,000. Today, the number stands at almost 300,000 people.
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