Widespread violence against Palestinian women in Gaza, reports women’s rights center, by Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik “The man believes he has bought the woman and paid for her, and therefore she has become his property and must obey his orders… [Palestinian] laws give him the right of ownership, based on the man being the guardian, and he is the one who commands and prohibits.” – Zainab Al-Ghneimi, head of Women’s Legal Counseling Center(Palestinian Media Watch)

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Widespread violence against Palestinian women in Gaza, reports women’s rights center, by Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik “The man believes he has bought the woman and paid for her, and therefore she has become his property and must obey his orders… [Palestinian] laws give him the right of ownership, based on the man being the guardian, and he is the one who commands and prohibits.” – Zainab Al-Ghneimi, head of Women’s Legal Counseling Center(Palestinian Media Watch)

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Apr. 6, 2015

“The man believes he has bought the woman and paid for her, and therefore she has become his property and must obey his orders…[Palestinian] laws give him the right of ownership, based on the man being the guardian, and he is the one who commands and prohibits.”

– Zainab Al-Ghneimi, head of Women’s Legal Counseling Center

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