Opinion: As Israel terrorises Palestinians, the world looks away
Earlier this month, a special United Nations commission issued a report documenting Israel’s systematic use of sexual, reproductive and gender-based violence in the occupied Palestinian territories since 7 October 2023.
This comes as Israel has renewed its all-out war on Gaza after a few weeks of calm - the first phase of a now-discarded ceasefire agreement. The deal was meant to permanently end the violence, complete the exchange of Israeli and Palestinian captives, and oversee Israel’s withdrawal from Gaza. It has now been derailed.
Crimes involving sexual violence have been just one part of Israel’s genocide in Gaza, which has killed tens of thousands of people and decimated more than 80 percent of the territory’s buildings.
A few days before the UN report came out, I watched the American documentary October 8, which cited allegations that Hamas committed sexual violence during its 2023 attack.