10 Honor Killings in One Clan

(Israel) A 16-year-old Arab-Israeli mother, Dalia Abu-Ghanem, was reported missing and authorities suspect that she was murdered in an honor killing. Police say she was abused by her husband and ran away at least once before she disappeared. Dalia's brother, Mohammed Abu-Ghanem, is believed to have arranged her death.

If officers' suspicions are true, Dalia Abu-Ghanem will be the tenth female member of the Abu-Ghanem clan to be murdered in an “honor killing” in the past eight years.

Attempts to prosecute have been disturbingly unsuccessful, repeatedly hampered because witnesses disappear or refuse to cooperate. Law enforcers are largely powerless to stop the slaughter.