West Bank Murder Smashed the Lie of 'Honor Killings'

Aya's remains were found bound, decomposed at the bottom of a well more than a year after she vanished without a trace, leaving her family beside themselves with worry.

The university student's disappearance in April 2010 left her relatives increasingly ostracised in their southern West Bank village, an area known for its deeply conservative traditions and morals.

Neighbors assumed the worst -- that their daughter had run away with a lover.

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There is no honor in killing. 

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