Four women and 45 children: A well-known council head investigated on suspicion of polygamy | First publication

A well-known council head in Israel has been investigated in recent months on suspicion of polygamy, after police suspected he married four women simultaneously. According to the suspicion, the council head has 45 children. The investigation is ongoing.

A well-known council head in Israel has been investigated in recent months on suspicion of polygamy. According to the suspicion, he married four women simultaneously, three of them Israeli residents and one a foreign resident. The council head, according to information that reached Walla, has 45 children, some of them adults and married themselves and others minors. The investigation, which is still ongoing, is part of a broader trend of increased police enforcement against the phenomenon of polygamy. Just last week, Walla reported on the investigation of an 83-year-old resident of Rahat suspected of marrying nine women, who also has 45 children. In the past, in 2017, a similar inquiry was opened regarding the then-head of the Lakiya council, Salem Abu Aish.