No Comforting Words for Israeli Women From Global Feminists

"Jagmeet Singh repeated the unverified accusation that Palestinians were guilty of sexual violence/"

"There is no actual evidence of these rapes and the babies with their heads cut off -- all these things are pieces of misinformation."

Open letter of denial of Hamas sadistic savagery

For the purpose of giving support to  women suffering from sexual violence, the University of Alberta established a Sexual Assault Centre. It became one of the signatories to this letter. Among others who signed was a Liberal MPP Sarah Jama, forced to resign from the Ontario Liberal caucus whose statements such as: "There is no actual evidence of these rapes and the babies with their heads cut off -- all these things are pieces of misinformation", led the entire Legislature to condemn her.

 

As for 'misinformation'; it was Hamas itself, proud of its exercise in sadistic savagery, that saw to the videotaping of their operatives raping women, women shoved into vehicles blood seeping between their legs. Footage of these atrocities were viewed by journalists at the invitation of the Israeli consulate in Toronto. That footage included the burned corpse of a legs-spread woman, her bared genitals below her hiked-up clothing. Those who saw the video were no longer doubtful.

Of course, there is also the first-hand accounts of survivors, of the first responders and medical examiners verifying the trauma of Hamas's planned use of mass rape as a tool of war against Jewish women. Which did not stop Canadian Defenders for Human Rights, an anti-Israel organization, from signing the letter. They reposted a tweet reading "Hamas is *not* a terrorist org. It is a legitimate resistance group against an illegal occupation. The Israeli army is a terrorist organization."

Another signee was Toronto4Palestine, which celebrated the October 7 terrorist incursion into Israel by handing out candies, joined by the Palestinian Youth Movement which describes Hamas as "the resistance in Gaza"; admiringly describing the slaughter, rape and abduction of Israelis "heroic" and "monumental".

Stunningly, these denialist groups, which laud the 'resistance' of Palestinian terrorists -- Hamas's charter clearly stating that its purpose is to exterminate Jews and to destroy the Jewish state to enable Palestinians to establish their state "From the river to the sea" (Jordan river to the Mediterranean), is on a Canadian terror list, outlawed in Canada -- know full well that their heroes' barbarity is a reality, yet their portrayal of 'resistance' and victimhood is accepted at face value by a public eager to demonstrate their 'pro-Palestinian' support.

To the extent that feminist groups and leaders of sex crisis groups whose reason for existence is to support women and decry sexual violence, choose to believe the declarations of terrorist-supporting Palestinian groups over evidence readily accessible to the public of the horror of an invading army of rapists who mutilated, tortured, raped and murdered women in Israel.

According to the University of Alberta Sexual Assault Centre's website: "We actively work towards creating a campus community free of sexual violence and operate from a feminist, anti-oppressive, intersectional, trauma-informed, and person-centered framework". They've covered all the dots, crossed all the tees and fail to note that all women are believed and supported and protected under their mandate, unless they are Jewish.

They see no problem in denying the murderous rape of Israeli women as a deliberate and planned function of the war Hamas brought to Israel. Hamas operatives were taught the Hebrew words that would inform the girls and women they captured, to drop their pants. Some girls were raped so repeatedly their pelvic bones were shattered. Some women had the backs of their heels slit to keep them from running off.

In the wake of the shocking stance of the University of Alberta's sexual assault centre's director, the University president Bill Flanagan issued a statement of his own, on behalf of the university.

"I want to be clear that the former employee's personal views and opinions do not in any way represent those of the University of Alberta."

"The University of Alberta stands firmly and unequivocally against discrimination and hatred on the basis of religion, race, ethnicity, national origin, and other protected categories."

"We recognize the historical and ongoing harms of antisemitism and commit to doing all we can as a university to advance a world free of prejudice and discrimination."

"I understand that this event has been profoundly hurtful and may have compromised the trust of individuals in our community. I also recognize the significant potential negative impact given the critical nature of the centre's work."

 

Other women's organizations and activists appear to believe versions of the same denial of the Hamas sexual violence on Israeli women and girls. Most have remained silent. These are groups dedicated to the welfare of women, groups whose purpose is to render emotional and practical support to women who have experienced gross sexual violence of any nature. But the sadistic savagery of the Hamas attacks on women in Israel has become an issue none want to touch.

 

The United Nations' branch for gender equality and the empowerment of women, UN Women, said nothing to acknowledge or condemn the assault and rape of helpless civilian females on October 7, in a shocking display of unconcern for an identifiable group that enjoys little support from any arm of the United Nations. UN politics was incapable on this singular issue of setting aside its usual contempt for Israel, to rally any empathy whatever for the plight of sexual savagery carried out on Israeli girls and women.

 

"We've sent letters and shared graphic documentation. Their silence is so deafening that it's sickening", explained a senior diplomat and legal adviser in Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sarah Weiss Maudi.

 

"The International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women will mark the launch of the UNiTE campaign (Nov 25- Dec 10) — an initiative of 16 days of activism concluding on the day that commemorates the International Human Rights Day (10 December)."

"This 2023 campaign Invest to Prevent Violence against Women & Girls will call on citizens to show how much they care about ending violence against women and girls and call on governments worldwide to share how they are investing in gender-based violence prevention. Join the global movement with the #NoExcuse slogan calling for urgent investments to prevent violence against women and girls. Dig deeper into the campaign’s proposals –data, prevention, investments– and join the global movement with the #NoExcuse slogan to eliminate violence against women and girls."

United Nations International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, November 25

NOT A WORD!