PA Grand Mufti: “Homosexuality is forbidden… a disgusting crime”In PA TV interview, Hussein expresses hate towards the LGBT community, saying Palestinians “must educate” their children against being homosexualJun 5, 2020
PLO official on International Women’s Day blesses female terrorists, PA working to “put an end to all forms of discrimination and violence” against women"The State of Palestine is making efforts to improve the state of the Palestinian women’s rights"Mar 8, 2020
Palestinian women's org call for struggle for equal rights and struggle against "American-Israeli plot""Praise for the female and male Martyrs, freedom to the female and male prisoners"Mar 8, 2020
2019 statistics on domestic violence in the PA"The Hebron district is the West Bank district where violence by husbands against their wives or ex-wives aged 18 to 64 is the most prevalent"Mar 6, 2020
76 cases of murders of Palestinian women and women between 2016 - 2018"In the great majority of the cases... the murderer was from the murdered woman’s close surroundings, from her family"Mar 3, 2020
Abbas speech responding to Trump "deal of the century"Official PA TV, PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas’ speech on Jan. 28, 2020Jan 28, 2020
Op-ed implies that Israel behind Palestinian rejection of UN convention protecting women from discrimination"Israel will be pleased as it sees the Palestinian people busy with causes other than resistance"Jan 11, 2020
Top PA official: We are only committed to the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women - when it is “consistent with Islamic law”"Even if we signed the CEDAW convention we are not committed to it at all"Jan 9, 2020
PLO 'opposed' to violence against women“Erekat: Joining the CEDAW agreement is a national achievement”Dec 25, 2019
Numbers of Christians in PA areas steadily decreasing"The number of Christians in Nablus and all of Palestine is on the decline"Dec 23, 2019
Women's rights groups protest lack of law against femicide "A vigil against domestic violence"Dec 20, 2019
PLO official calls to stop using religious rulings or tribal norms to resolve legal cases“Tayseer Khaled called to build a civilian and secular political system in which the rule of law alone will rule”Dec 12, 2019
Experts: Palestinian culture accepts marital rape and domestic violence, laws don’t protect women"There are a number of reasons for the issue of violence against women"Nov 20, 2019
29% of married Palestinian women have been exposed to some kind of violence"29% of the women who are currently married or were married in the past have been exposed to one of the types of violence"Nov 15, 2019
Abbas sets minimum marriage age to 18; permits mothers to open bank accounts for minor children "The president also issued a decision... that the [minimum] age of marriage for both genders is 18"Nov 4, 2019
Mother of terrorists who killed 10 at National Women’s Day ceremony with PA PM, ministerText under picture: “Um Nasser Abu Hmeid in the center"Oct 28, 2019
Statistics and article about child marriages in the PA“Female minors: Victims, not wives”Oct 28, 2019
Palestinian Journalists' Syndicate condemns arrests of journalists by Hamas and the PA"The [Palestinian] Journalists' Syndicate condemned the continued detention of the journalists in Gaza and the West Bank"Oct 26, 2019
PA Minister of Social Development: To spill a woman’s blood for family honor is accepted - Our culture and education must change"What will prevent crime is a change in society’s culture"Oct 26, 2019
PA government demands PA court revoke decision to block news websites"The [PA] government... emphasized that it protects freedom of opinion and expression"Oct 22, 2019
PA government recommends Abbas raise minimum age of marriage to 18 “The [PA] government recommends to the [PA] president to change the age of marriage”Oct 22, 2019
International org condemns detention of journalist by PA security forces"An international organization condemned the preventative detention of the journalist from Tubas"Oct 21, 2019
PA court orders to block 57 news websites and Facebook pages“The Ramallah Magistrate Court recently decided to accede to the [PA] attorney general’s request to block 59 websites and Facebook pages"Oct 21, 2019
PA TV program discusses violence against women in Palestinian society"I am afraid that this is a cultural foundation among us"Oct 8, 2019