Hamas sexual violence ‘beyond anything I’ve ever seen,’ says Blinken
‘I don’t know why countries, leaders, international organizations were so slow to focus on this, to bring it to people’s attention…I’m glad it is finally happening.’
By Vered Weiss, World Israel News
In an interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper on Sunday, Secretary of State Anthony Blinken criticized the delay in the United Nation’s response to reports of Hamas’ sexual violence on October 7th and said the atrocities were “beyond anything I’ve ever seen.”
He told Tapper, “The atrocities that we saw on Oct. 7 are almost beyond description or beyond our capacity to digest.”
When asked to account for the extreme delay the UN and other leaders took in investigating or even addressing the topic, Blinken replied, “(that is something) these organizations, these countries need to ask themselves.”
“I don’t know why countries, leaders, international organizations were so slow to focus on this, to bring it to people’s attention,” Blinken responded. “I’m glad it is finally happening.”
Physicians for Human Rights published reports last month saying that there were many instances of sexual violence against both women and men.
The group’s ethics and policy director, Hadas Ziv, said, “What we know for sure is that it was more than just one case and it was widespread, in that this happened in more than one location and more than a handful of times.”
An Israeli combat medic also reported to the Associated Press shortly after the beginning of the war that many of the bodies of both men and women showed unmistakable signs of sexual assault, including blood around the groin and limbs distorted in odd angles.
After 50 days of silence on the issue, the United States declared on December 1st that they were opening an investigation into Hamas sexual crimes on October 7th.
This announcement came only after extensive pressure from Israel and Jewish women’s groups.
Guterres’ statement was criticized strongly by Gilad Erdan, Israel’s Ambassador to the UN, who questioned why proven cases sexual violation should still need to be “investigated.”
Erdan noted the hypocrisy: “Surprisingly when it comes to the claims of Hamas and the ‘Gaza Ministry of Health’ against Israel regarding the humanitarian situation in Gaza, for him there is no doubt and no need for ‘investigations.’”
David Katz, who works at the Israel Police’s criminal investigation division, said the police have witness testimony, video evidence, and photographs of victims’ bodies attesting to sexual assault. Israeli officials, first responders, and morgue workers also substantiate the rapes by Hamas jihadists during the Oct 7 attack.
The only explanation for Muslim attitudes toward women and girls is that they hate them.
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Pakistan: Muslim girl murdered by her family for dancing in viral video with boys
Dancing with boys in a video: haram. Murdering a girl who danced with boys in a video:
pleasing to Allah.
Pakistani Girl Killed By Family For Dancing In Viral Video With Boys
NDTV, November 28, 2023:
A suspected honour killing tragically claimed the life of an 18-year-old girl in Pakistan’s Kohistan region, orchestrated by her family. The incident stemmed from a viral social media video depicting the girl dancing with a few boys. The girl’s companion, also seen in the video, narrowly escaped a similar fate due to timely police intervention.
The girl’s family reportedly carried out the killing on the orders of a local jirga, a traditional council of elders. Another girl who appeared in the same video was also sentenced to death by the jirga but was rescued by police before the sentence could be carried out.
The girl’s murder has sparked outrage in Pakistan, with many calling for an end to honour killings. Speaking to ARY News, District Police Officer (DPO) Mukhtiar Tanoli said that the police are investigating the incident and that the girl’s family members have been arrested.
The boys in the video have gone into hiding due to the escalating violent situation.
The girl’s body was transferred to a nearby health facility for medical-legal procedures and subsequently returned to the family.
The police said that the other girl in the video said she felt no threat to her life from her family and wanted to go with them.
“We have launched an investigation to trace those who killed the girl and who either advised or convened a jirga and sentenced her to death,” a senior police official told Geo TV.…
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