The Lived Experiences of Married Palestinian Women from the Occupied Territories of 1967 Residing within the “Green Line”

Few studies have delved into the holistic lived experiences of Palestinian women, particularly those from the West Bank and Gaza Strip who are married and live inside Israel without documentation or permanent residency. This study employs intersectionality as a conceptual framework and explores how these women are deprived of civil rights and access to necessities of life. Furthermore, it uncovers how these women continuously experience daily life under a colonial regime that imposes a conditional citizenship restricted to Palestinians with Israeli passports, and within a patriarchal social context. The study sheds light on the experience of ten women living in the centrally located Triangle [Al-Muthallath] region and concludes that these women, most of whom are first and only wives, find emotional and financial support in their spouses and families. Yet they also face political hardships that prevent them from accessing basic rights (e.g., healthcare and education) and social difficulties that intensify their precarity and sense of cultural alienation, which leads them to develop multiple coping strategies.* This study was published in the 13th issue of AlMuntaqa, a peer-reviewed academic journal for the social sciences and humanities. You can read the full paper here.