From: PMW Bulletin To: [email protected] Subject: When a Palestinian man hits his wife, is Israel responsible? PMW responds to UN report Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2017 12:04:24 +0000 sT1P M W Bulletin June 26, 2017 When a Palestinian man hits his wife, is Israel responsible? PMW's response to "Report on Violence Against Women" . Human Rights Council, June 12, 2017 Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik Click to view on our website During a recent UN Human Rights Council meeting, Israel was blamed for causing Palestinian men's violence against Palestinian women. It was claimed that there is a "clear linkage between the prolonged occupation and violence against women." However Palestinian Media Watch has documented that Palestinian Authority TV teaches Palestinian men how to beat their wives according to Islam. At the UN session, UN Watch director Hillel Neuer responded to the claims by citing a PMW video which exposes a Palestinian religious official describing on PA TV the conditions under which a man may hit his wife. (See below) However the example that was cited at the UN is not a solitary example of justification of Palestinian male violence against women on official PA TV. The following is a PMW compilation of a repeating message on official PA TV, even by a female TV host, that a Palestinian man has a right to hit his wife under Islamic law, and describing the way he should do so. EFTA00691352