the term honor killing is in fact the term used by the arab and islamic culture, hence using that term within the context of the I/P conflict is most appropriate. Whereas for example using "domestic violence" to describe an arab honor killing, though it may make many westerners "feel better" it is in fact a poor description, and since it remains a part of the arab culture today to describe a specific type of events, that involve arab culture and 'honor" as per ones standing in the community, its appropriate to use both terms to describe it, when it occurs.
As far as the young Palestinian women who disappeared for a year and was the apparent victim of an 'honor killing", again your lack of knowledge is showing and sometimes its better to ask when cross cultural events occur rather than make a conclusion based on lack of knowledge or your own cultural bias (the one that seems to say one generalizations are a "no no' unless the right people make them).
One of the variations of preserving honor is that the perpetrator "disappear" ..it may mean sending them to an uncle in the US or dumping them down a well, either way the "honor" is returned as the "bad" person is no longer a part of the family, that is the core of the "returning honor." Killing is simple a stronger statement.
just for general knowledge, honor killings still occur within the israeli Bedouin community, who are not arabs, yet the term is the same) rare, but cultures can be hard to change, especially when one cannot speak clearly about them without fear of the "PC" police.
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