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10.05.06, 15:18
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Fear of deportation ties non-Jewish women to abusive spouses
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By RUTH EGLASH
Professionals working with battered women say laws making it difficult to
protect the right to citizenship have given rise to a new type of abuse that
they are calling "Jewish violence."
"Basically, an Israeli husband can abuse his non-Israeli wife as much as he
wants, and if she says she is leaving he can then threaten her with
deportation," Shoham Carmi, director of the Israel Hotline for Battered
Women, told The Jerusalem Post Tuesday.
"Experts and professionals in the field are calling it "Jewish violence" and
say it is a new type of violence against women," Carmi said.
A non-Jewish woman married to an Israeli man automatically loses her
citizenship if she chooses to separate from her spouse. This means many women
are forced to stay quiet even if they are subject to severe mental and
physical abuse.