According to the Palestinian Center for Human Rights, 12 Arab women in Judea, Samaria and Gaza were murdered in "honor killings" from the start of 2006 till the end of February 2007. Also during this period, three women were killed in "suspicious circumstances," and two were executed for alleged collaboration with the IDF.
The term "honor killings" refers to the murder of women by family members, under the pretext that they had behaved immorally.
Furthermore, the PCHR claims statistics indicate that there is an increase in domestic violence in the PA, including physical, psychological, and sexual violence. This is attributed to "the absence of rule of law, security chaos, vigilante justice, and the lack of will by authorities to fight these crimes."