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I'm really interested in this!
I understood there were two areas in two cities in ISrael that were overwhelmed by
I thought that under the UN Charter that the UN was prohibited from intervening in matters which are essentially within the domestic jurisdiction of any state???
Is it true that this information is all wrong?
Women in Arab League countries “suffer from unequal citizenship and legal entitlements, often evident in voting rights and legal codes [and] from inequality of opportunity, evident in employment status, wages and gender-based occupational segregation.” Their “political and economic participation remains the lowest in the world.” –UN Human Development Report, 2002 p. 224
No laws protect women against domestic violence. Rape is blamed on women, even if they are young children. Rapists can escape legal punishment by marrying their victims. In Iran and Saudi Arabia, the female victims are often punished for “immorality.” Women’s court testimony is worth less than men’s, especially in cases of rape and domestic violence. Family law requires wives’ “obedience” to husbands, who are legally “heads of the household.” Women can be forced into arranged marriages.
Fifteen-year-old Rofayda Qaoud from the Palestinian village of Abu Qash was raped and impregnated by her brothers. When she refused to kill herself to save her family’s honor, her mother Amira (left) suffocated, stabbed, and beat her to death the night of January 23, 2003.6 She received a light sentence, as “honor killing” is a mitigating factor in the Palestinian judicial system.
In Gaza, a 27-year-old mother of five was bludgeoned to death with an iron chain. According to police in Gaza, her father, Jawdat al-Najar, heard his daughter Fadia, who had divorced in 2005, speaking on the phone with a man. He believed she was having a relationship with him. Police say al-Najar became enraged and beat her to death. Gaza 2009: Mother of five bludgeoned to death with an iron chain. Source: www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/07/30/mideast.honor.killings/
Israel Apartheid Week Blind to Middle East Issues
Joseph Stern, Contributing Writer
April 18, 2016
This past week on NYU’s campus was deemed “Israel Apartheid Week.” Spearheaded by Boycott, Divest Sanction and supported by Students for Justice in Palestine, the week hopes to bring to light alleged atrocities. But, in truth, it seems these actions are more about a strategy of deflection, which neglect addressing the dysfunction of many Arab societies.
Do we want Israel to look more like the underdeveloped Arab League States?
Most Respectfully,
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