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Full-page ad in NYTimes calls on world not to ignore Hamas sex crimes on Oct 7
Tal Schneider is a Political Correspondent at The Times of Israel
An Israeli activist group publishes a full-age ad in the New York Times calling on the UN and the world to recognize the sexual abuse of Israeli women by Hamas on October 7.
Women Building an Alternative sponsors the full page ad which reads: “An open letter to all women,” citing the UN Security Council resolution which condemns gender-based violence, adding, “Nowhere does it state… except when Hamas rapes Israeli women.”
“No woman should close her eyes, in fact no one should close their eyes to the barbarity of rape. So why are some looking away? Speak now. Silence is consent.”
Moran Zer Katzenstein, founder of the organization, says, “For two months since that Saturday, the evidence of the crimes which were carried out against women is growing and building and the scale of the horror is becoming clearer.”
Zer Katzenstein will be among those presenting evidence at the special UN session on sexual violence on October 7 led by the Israeli Mission to the UN today.
The Times of Israel Community.