The Feb. 3 road accident that claimed the lives of eight women from Hura, a southern Bedouin community, and left more than 30 people injured, has tragically drawn attention to a well-known fact: To wit, Israel's Bedouin population suffers from serious neglect of its infrastructure. This neglect has likely taken many lives to date.
In this recent accident, a trailer carrying a tractor ripped the side of a bus with female worshipers en route from Jerusalem. They were part of the al-Buraq Procession, organized by the Islamic Movement to bring worshipers to the Temple Mount (Haram al-Sharif) in remembrance of the Prophet Muhammad's Night Journey. The women were killed just a few kilometers from home on Route 31, aka the "Bloody Road." Hura declared a day of mourning.