The Silence From International Bodies Over Hamas' Mass Rapes Is a Betrayal of All Women

[Mosby]

Note the article has very graphic descriptions of the attacks on Oct 7.

Two days after the horrific Hamas attack of October 7, I met Rotem, a young mother of two small children from a Kibbutz on the Gaza border. I held my breath as she recounted how she ran with her children to hide while terrorists rampaged through their home, how they made it to the safe room and desperately held the door, praying the terrorists wouldn't enter.

Her terror echoed accounts I've heard from abused women, except now the threat was not from a violent husband. And Rotem was not alone; she is one of thousands of Israeli women who simultaneously faced murder and rape by Hamas terrorists on that fateful day.

At the President of Israel's Residence in Jerusalem, we are preparing for the day the United Nations General Assembly has designated the International Day for the Prevention of Violence against Women, which is observed every November 25. Every year, I host victims, civil-society leaders, activists, and scholars committed to women's rights and safety on this day.

But this year will be different. Many things changed on October 7 when thousands of Hamas terrorists massacred Israeli families, burnt children and the elderly, and kidnapped hostages. This deeply impacted our visceral understanding of the cruelty of gender-based sexual violence—and our faith in the international organizations that claim to care about women.

https://www.newsweek.com/silence-international-bodies-over-hamas-mass-rapes-betrayal-all-women-opinion-1845783

[DavidDvorkin]

1. Indeed

From the article:

As a woman and a mother, my heart goes out to women and children in Gaza suffering the consequences of the war started by Hamas. I believe they deserve aid and support. But this does not mean the erasure of the atrocities committed by Palestinian terrorists on October 7. The silence of international human rights organizations, and the unwillingness to believe Israeli women in the face of overwhelming evidence has been devastating.

For the Israelis who have always been on the forefront of the fight for women's rights worldwide, this was a moment of crushing disappointment.

There will be the usual sound of crickets in repsonse to this. Or attack on Israel, ignoring what the article says.

[Cha]

9. TY for those excerts..

In Solidarity💕

[underpants]

2. I agree

[question everything]

3. See also The obscene betrayal of Israelis who survived - and didn't survive - rape

https://www.democraticunderground.com/113815412

[Cha]

7. TY for the link..

[Sugarcoated]

4. Monsters

Hamas committed atrocities

[TSExile]

5. Heartbreaking

As always, it's the innocent people who are hurt. I feel horrible for these women and children. 😢💔

[Beastly Boy]

6. And UN's World Health Org has yet to demand unimpeded evaluation of hostages

[Cha]

8. As far as I can tell they've been Useless for what really matters.

In Solidarity💕

[Beastly Boy]

11. I wish. Some times they are downright harmful

[Cha]

13. You're right.. I was holding back

Thank You

[EllieBC]

18. Are we surprised though?

Maybe disgusted, but not shocked.

[SunSeeker]

10. K & R for exposure

[ismnotwasm]

12. K&R

[DFW]

14. I agree. Uncaring men are controlling the narrative.

Even on DU there are one trick/one track strings of posts with one theme only, and this aspect is deliberately and conspicuously ignored.

But maybe I’m just biased. My life’s partner, my two children, and half of my grandchildren are female, and I am very partial to all of them.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

15. K&R

[mcar]

16. And some will insist it didn't happen

Or they just don’t care.

[JI7]

17. This is the thing that gets me from the beginning

People act like what happened was a crime similar to shoplifting candy .