(Canadian Center of Science and Education, 2019-09-13) Banat, Bassam Yousef Ibrahim; Shqair, Sameer; Andon, Iskandar
The study addressed foundling and abandoned children in the Palestinian society as a multi-dimensional
phenomenon. The study consisted of a retrospective transversal survey of one hundred and fifteen abandoned
children, and ninety-two abandoning mothers purposefully selected from the records of Crèche Institution in
Bethlehem, West Bank. The findings indicated that the ratio of foundling and abandoned children in the Palestinian
society is very low comparison with international figures. The study concludes that child abandonment in the
Palestinian society is a risk factor, and that under-reporting of offences, especially incest is widespread in the
Palestinian patriarchal society.