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Palestine needs stronger laws against incest

Palestinian law, both in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, fails to clearly prohibit incest and does nothing to protect female victims of sexual abuse within families.
Dolls are displayed in Rabin Square as part of an exhibition to raise awareness of child abuse in Tel Aviv May 24, 2013. Some 1,000 dolls were laid at the square in Israel's commercial capital in a two-day long exhibition organised by a local organisation for the protection of children. REUTERS/Nir Elias (ISRAEL - Tags: SOCIETY) - RTXZZAV
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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — The three Abrahamic religions as well as civil laws and regulations are in agreement against sexual acts among relatives, or incest. Such acts are considered a threat to communities, as they destabilize the core of all societies: the family.

Despite the criminal and social taboo aspects, which humanity is generally in agreement on, some people in Arab and Western societies, including Palestinian communities, continue to deviate from this proscription. Stories are emerging from the Gaza Strip of aberrant behavior that goes against everything that the religious Palestinian community stands for.

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