Hamas MP Entangled In Palestinian Honor Killing
Palestinian rights groups have urged President Mahmoud Abbas to act after two more women were killed in honor crimes.
RAMALLAH, West Bank — Chronicle of a Death Foretold, a novel by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, may be an apt description for the most recent honor killing in the West Bank. The entire village of Deir al-Ghusun in the Tulkarem district was aware of the story of the "foretold death" before it actually occurred.
On Friday, Sept. 20, 51 members of the Zeidan family signed a statement condemning the behavior of a female family member, 33-year-old Thamar Zeidan, for "disgraceful and outrageous acts."
The statement from the Zeidan family added that the woman's “repeated behavior … violated God's law, customs and morality," without elaborating on details. "[The father] failed to reform his family and evaluate their behavior,” the statement added. The extended family then disowned him and absolved itself of any tribal or legal obligations regarding him or his actions.
The following day, the woman's father strangled her with a wire while she was taking an afternoon nap.
