How does the Israeli military occupation of Palestine perpetuate patriarchy within Palestinian society?
Generally speaking, the Israeli occupation of Palestine is not recognized internationally as an important factor in the ongoing existence of patriarchy in Palestinian society. However, numerous studies have shown that the ongoing Israeli occupation is a key factor in the maintenance of patriarchy in Palestinian society. Israeli occupation has undermined the Palestinian right to self- determination and has thus impeded the development of a Palestinian constitution or legal institutions. In the absence of indigenous legal institutions, Palestinian women have been governed by foreign archaic laws and have been unable to use the legal realm as a means of gaining rights. For example, the personal status law used in the Palestinian Occupied Territories is a combination of repressive and outdated components of Ottoman law, British Empire law, and pre-suffrage movement Jordanian law. In addition, the components of the Ottoman law that are in use predate the secular movement, and are thus based
