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[-] blahsay@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

Hamas will never accept any offer that lets the young female hostages tell of their horrors. They'll mull it over and find some excuse.

[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 19 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Its all projection, folks.

Israeli military chief rabbi-designate under fire over remarks on rape

Rabbi Colonel Eyal Karim's remarks 14 years ago stirred controversy at the time and remain on an Israeli religious website today

He responded that in the interests of maintaining warriors' morale and fighting fitness during armed conflict, it was permitted to "satisfy the evil inclination by lying with attractive Gentile women against their will".

His nomination on Monday as the military's head rabbi by its chief of staff revived public debate over Karim. Yedioth Ahronoth, Israel's best-selling newspaper, weighed in with a front-page headline that read: "New chief military rabbi: rape is permissible in a war".

UN experts condemn ‘credible’ reports of executions, sexual assault by Israeli soldiers

The independent experts affiliated with the U.N. Human Rights Council said the allegations constitute “egregious human rights violations,” adding to criticisms of the Israeli war effort in Gaza as its military reportedly prepares a ground invasion of Rafah.

“We are particularly distressed by reports that Palestinian women and girls in detention have also been subjected to multiple forms of sexual assault, such as being stripped naked and searched by male Israeli army officers,” the experts said. “At least two female Palestinian detainees were reportedly raped while others were reportedly threatened with rape and sexual violence.”

The release adds that some photographs of women in degrading circumstances had been distributed online by Israeli soldiers.

[-] underisk@lemmy.ml 9 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

There has, to my knowledge, not been a single first-hand account of a woman saying "I was raped by Hamas". All of it is based on anonymous eye witnesses, dead bodies Israel assures us were raped, or doctors speaking on behalf of returned hostages they refuse to name and have yet to come forward.

For as much rape as supposedly went on it sure is strange that there aren't at least a few victims speaking of their experiences, if only just to confirm it happened. I'm happy to believe women when there are women to believe.

[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

There has, to my knowledge, not been a single first-hand account of a woman saying “I was raped by Hamas”.

No sudden influx of women into Israeli rape crisis centers, either. No hospitals on record with a surge of sexual assault victims. It appears to be an entirely fabricated claim, intended to deflect the more embarrassing nature of the incident (Palestinian rebels overwhelming a poorly administered IDF checkpoint) by re-contextualizing a kind of massive prison break as a Clockwork Orange orgy of ultra-violence.

I’m happy to believe women when there are women to believe.

Well, unless they're Palestinian women, in which case they can't be trusted because they are Hamas.

[-] SmilingSolaris@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

That's a lot of trauma porn you just gave yourself.

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