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‘When I Fight With My Husband, I Have Nowhere to Go;’ What It’s Like Living as an ‘Illegal Resident’ in the West Bank

Israel refuses to approve family reunification for thousands of citizens of Arab countries who are married to Palestinians

Once every three weeks, for over half a year, dozens of women, men and children gather for protest vigils in the West Bank city of El Bireh, under the slogan “Family reunification: my right.”

The slogan thus became the name of a new grassroots Palestinian movement that is active in the Gaza Strip as well.