Trapped Across Borders, Palestinian Women in Polygamous Marriage in Israel, Rawia Aburabia
Rawia Aburabia: Palestinian Women from the West Bank and Gaza in Polygamous Marriage in Israel. Jan 12 2021
This article explores how Israel, as an occupying power, utilizes its legal system to control Palestinians by selectively enforcing the prohibition against bigamy only in cases that involve Palestinian spouses. Based on archival research and extensive textual analysis of policy debates within the Israeli authorities during the 1980s, it uncovers the selective enforcement of bigamy laws in cases involving Palestinian women, also exploring how the state manipulates “security” and “demographic” concerns. These manipulations are a manifestation of state power, which is applied similarly to all Palestinians, across the Israeli/Palestinian border.
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