More than 13 women have died in "honor killings" since the start of 2010, reports Palestine Think Tank's Kawther Salam.
Says Salam, Abbas and the PA have done little to curb honor killings
Palestinian human rights organizations release a more conservative number - only seven - based on the numbers of women left in public streets or fields to be seen as "honor killing" victims. Salam says her source put the total at more than 13, these excess six murdered women taken by relatives to hospitals to be registered as natural deaths.
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The Palestinians believe that the reason for the high numbers of “honor killings” has to do with the policies of the Palestinian Authority and the exploitation of the women who work in its institutions, women who are abused sexually by superiors and co-workers, putting their lives in big danger due to the tradition of honor killings in traditional Palestinian society.
The Palestinian newspapers report only one or two miserable sentences about such crimes. Al-Quds, the largest newspaper, usually publishes reports such as the following examples: "In the town of Tubas, a woman (A-KH) of age 36 was found murdered under mysterious circumstances, the body was found near the squatter colonist Mikhola near Tubas"; "In Tarqumiya near Hebron, a woman (K-A) of age 24 was found dead under mysterious circumstances"; "The body of D-S of age 37 from the village of Burkin near Jenin was found in a well"; "The woman (W-G) from Hebron was found dead, the preliminary investigations show that she killed herself".
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