Palestinian honor killing

Femicide in Israel: Man indicted for burning ex-wife to death after months of threats

On November 10, prosecutors claimed that Mahamid ambushed A. while she drove home from her work in Harish. He allegedly doused his ex-wife and her car in gasoline before setting it alight.

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
A protestor carries a poster during a demonstration to protest against femicide, sexual violence and all gender-based violence ahead of the International Day for Elimination of Violence Against Women, in Valletta, Malta November 23, 2025.
Names of women murdered by their husbands hang on billboards in Jerusalem on June 16, 2020, as part of protest actions to raise awareness of violence against women.

Femicide in Israel on the rise, particularly among Jewish-Israeli women

Over the past year, 32 women from both Jewish and Arab backgrounds were victims of femicide.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN
Women shop at a street in Tehran, Iran, November 29, 2021.

What do MENA Muslims think about the role of women in society? – study

The researchers surveyed respondents from Algeria, Egypt, Pakistan, Tunisia, Turkey, and the Palestinian Territories on their perception of women's chastity and marital patriarchy.

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
Rangers arrive at the Supreme Court in Islamabad, Pakistan, 2018.

After years-long fight, justice in Pakistan over 'honor killings'

Even though Pakistan declared ‘Jirgas’ or tribal councils unconstitutional in 2004, they continue to issue honor killing decrees.

|ByARSHAD MEHMOOD / THE MEDIA LINE

Why hell hath no fury like a ‘progressive’ scorned

FEBRUARY 1, 2017ByHUGH ASH
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PA official: Top suspect in killing of two PA officers arrested and beaten to death

The killing of Halawa has elicited a wide range of responses from Palestinian officials.

AUGUST 23, 2016ByADAM RASGON
Palestinian Authority police officers stand guard in the West Bank [File]

A stain on their honor

As Palestinian women seek to gain greater economic and social independence, the territories have seen a surge in honor killings.

FEBRUARY 12, 2014ByJIHAN ABDALLA
Women demonstrate against violence against women at the spot where Nancy Zaboun was murdered by her husband in the West Bank town of Bethlehem on July 31, 2012; the sign declares in Arabic, ‘Protecting women from violence is an official and social responsibility’