Palestinian women

WATCH: Women of Masafer Yatta tell their stories of resistance

As Israel carries out its expulsions in the West Bank region, Palestinian women talk about what it means to face a state that targets them as an 'enemy.'

By Social TV August 29, 2022

Palestinian residents of the West Bank town of Beita hold nightly protests against the settlement of Eviatar built on their lands, June 29, 2021. (Oren Ziv/Activestills)

The women at the heart of Beita’s resistance

For 100 days, Palestinians from Beita camped on a mountain to disrupt the rebuilding of an Israeli settler outpost. Meet the women who made it possible.

By Fatima AbdulKarim April 20, 2022

Members of the Palestinian women's carpentry workshop Rweisat for Wood Art at work, in al-Walaja, West Bank. (Courtesy from their Facebook page)

Carving sumud out of wood

A carpentry workshop is providing Palestinian women in al-Walaja a creative outlet in an agricultural community stifled by Israel’s separation wall.

By Natalie Alz December 31, 2021

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Palestinian women protest against violence against women organized by the Center for Women's Programs in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, on September 26, 2019. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

+972’s Story of the Year: Palestinian women rise worldwide

From the streets of Palestine-Israel to the U.S. Congress, 2019 saw Palestinian women not only challenging historical injustices, but fighting to right present-day wrongs. Now they are rewriting the future.

By +972 Magazine December 29, 2019

Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza weeks into Operation Protective Edge, on August 9, 2014. (Basel Yazouri/Activestills.org)

How Israel’s blockade exacerbates violence against women in Gaza

Women in Gaza deal with patriarchal gender norms and intra-Palestinian political divides, but addressing their needs cannot be realized without Israel lifting its blockade. By Anwar Mhajne Violence during military operations affects both men and women, but women often face a unique set of challenges. For Palestinian women in Gaza in particular, the interaction between patriarchy,…

By +972 Magazine May 17, 2019

Palestinian women cross the Qalandiya checkpoint, outside of the West bank city of Ramallah, on June 23, 2017. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

With US aid cuts, Palestinian women pay biggest price

For years, the United States was the largest aid donor to Palestinians. With funding to health, education and sanitation programs brought to a sudden halt, it’s women and girls who are hit the hardest. When Nawal’s husband had to stop working two years ago due to severe stomach pains, she became the family’s primary provider. Nawal, who asked…

By Henriette Chacar February 7, 2019

A protester takes part in a mass rally against government inaction toward gender violence, Rabin Square, Tel Aviv, December 4, 2018. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

Why I didn’t join the protests against gender violence in Israel

‘My identity as a woman is not detached from my identity as a Palestinian, so I can only rally behind a movement that calls to free women from all systems of oppression.’ By Maryam Hawari I first encountered Alice Miller v. Minister of Defense in my first year of law school. In 1994, Miller took…

By +972 Magazine December 5, 2018

Tens of thousands take part takes part in a mass rally against government inaction toward gender violence, Rabin Square, Tel Aviv, December 4, 2018. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

Tens of thousands of women hold mass protests against gender violence in Israel

Women across the country take part in a general strike to protest the government’s inaction over gender violence. Twenty-four women have been murdered since the beginning of the year. By +972 Magazine Staff Tens of thousands of women in Israel participated in a general strike across the country on Tuesday, declaring a “state of emergency” to protest the…

By +972 Magazine December 4, 2018

Feminist activists paint hundreds of pairs of shoes red to protest gender violence, Tel Aviv, December 4, 2018. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

‘Gender violence pushed Jewish, Palestinian women into a corner — together’

Women across Israel were set to strike to protest the government’s inaction toward gender violence. Samah Salaime, a prominent feminist activist, speaks about building solidarity between Jewish and Palestinian women and why this moment feels so urgent. Tens of thousands of women in Israel were expected to participate in a general strike and demonstrations across the country on Tuesday, protesting the government’s…

By Edo Konrad December 4, 2018

A Palestinian woman is hit with tear gas during a women's march toward the Israel-Gaza fence, east of Gaza City, July 3, 2018. (Mohammad Za’anoun/Activestills.org)

Palestinian women lead latest march on Israel-Gaza border

This was the first time since the start of the Great Return demonstrations, during which Israeli snipers have killed well over 100 and wounded thousands, that the march was led by women. By Meron Rapoport Thousands of Palestinian women took part in march on the border fence separating the Gaza Strip and Israel on Tuesday, in…

By +972 Magazine July 4, 2018

IDF to Palestinian women: Don’t go to protests, your place is at home

The same army that boasts of its progressive attitude toward women changes its tone completely when addressing an Arabic-speaking crowd. “A woman’s femininity lays in her grace, her weapon is her wit. Where are these in the personality of this terrorist?” The above text was written in Arabic by Maj. Avichay Adraee, the IDF spokesperson for the Arabic…

By Haggai Matar April 6, 2018

What is certain is that social norms in the Arab community are constantly changing, mainly thanks to the tens of thousands of Arab women who do not give up on themselves. (Nati Shohat / Flash90)

The quiet feminist revolution in Arab society in Israel

Despite the hardships, Arab women are making gains in the Israeli legal establishment, local politics, academia, and even in the Islamic Movement. I watched as Hollywood stars collectively came out of the feminist closet during the Academy Awards this week. They spoke with pride about the recent #MeToo campaign, and demanded more respect and more…

By Samah Salaime March 8, 2018

A model of strength and resilience and an education in feminism. Women in Gaza (Photo: Shuair Karam / IRIN, Flicker).

Women speak out against harassment in Gaza

‘I didn’t know what to do. He kept insisting, so I felt that I had to answer him to make him stop, I told him that I’m married and have three kids but he didn’t believe me.’ A report about the women no longer willing to stay silent and the difficulties they face. By Mohammed…

By +972 Magazine November 22, 2017