Using the term ‘honor killings’ leads to many more victims, Israeli Arab activists warn
Another woman murdered in Lod leaves campaigners arguing over how to classify such deaths, to prevent dismissing them as an ‘Arab problem’
By Melanie Lidman October 14, 2016, 10:21 am 3
Dua’a Abu Sharkh had been looking forward to September 23, 2016, for months. After an ugly separation from her husband, Abu Sharkh had lost custody of her four children, aged 5 to 12, and hadn’t seen them in almost a year, although her husband lives in the same city in Lod.
“It was close to her birthday, so she wanted to celebrate her birthday with the children,” said Abu Sharkh’s father, Amad Abu Suwhat. “It was like an Eid for her, like a feast day.” She had three daughters and a son with her husband, though the marriage has been rocky from the start, and there was some animosity with the sons from his first wife.
“Before [her ex-husband] sent the kids to her, they agreed she’d come back exactly at 8:30 p.m.,” said Abu Suwhat. At exactly 8:30 p.m., Abu Sharkh returned with the kids to the predetermined drop-off point. “She was getting the kids out of the car, hugging them, giving them gifts and pocket money, when a masked man appeared behind them. He pushed the girls on the ground, he had the gun in his hands, and her last words were, ‘Don’t shoot me! Don’t shoot me!’ He put the gun next to her head. It only took one bullet.”
http://www.timesofisrael.com/using-the-term-honor-killings-leads-to-many-more-victims-israeli-arab-activists-warn/
