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Why Have Western Feminists Been So Slow to Condemn the Hamas Rapes?
The Nation ^ | 15 December 2023 | Katha Pollitt

Posted on 12/15/2023 1:12:23 PM PST by Vigilanteman

Israel’s war in Gaza is an atrocity. But we can deplore its actions while also condemning the atrocities perpetrated by Hamas.

On October 7, Hamas fighters raped Israeli women and girls. Whatever may have been unknown in the immediate aftermath of the attack, the rapes are by now as substantiated as anything ever can be in an ongoing war. There is eyewitness testimony. There are reports from doctors and others who saw bodies of women who had been sexually abused. There are photographs. You have to be a conspiracist or rape denialist to dismiss all that as fabricated. And yet, social media is crammed with dismissals of the evidence as Israeli propaganda. Take journalist Max Blumenthal, who claimed in a tweet last week that “Israel is inventing stories of mass rape on October 7.” His Grayzone colleague Aaron Maté demanded to see “purported rape victims offering direct testimony.” Never mind they are dead.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; Israel
KEYWORDS: aaronmate; grayzone; hamas; maxblumenthal; nazis; rape
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To: faithhopecharity

Yes, like The Nation here, Atlantic and New Yorker are both examples of lefty publications that practice actual journalism on occasion and quote/name actual interview sources rather than some fellow deep state tool in their circle of friends.


41 posted on 12/15/2023 6:56:02 PM PST by Vigilanteman (The politicized state destroys aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
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To: Hambone 1934

And lest we forget—Gloria Steinem is a CIA operative.


42 posted on 12/15/2023 8:59:48 PM PST by reasonisfaith (What are the personal implications if the Resurrection of Christ is a true event in history?)
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To: Vigilanteman

Vile leftists know that Israelis Gods chosen nation. They hate God. They hate the Jews.


43 posted on 12/15/2023 9:38:35 PM PST by vpintheak (Pinko misanthrope)
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To: Vigilanteman

A lot of feminazis and most especially the leaders of many of the various “women’s” organizations are just dyed in the wool Leftists. Its not about women. It hasn’t been since first wave feminists achieved equality. Its about whatever supports Leftist Democrats.


44 posted on 12/16/2023 4:07:05 AM PST by FLT-bird
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