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‘Screams Without Words’: How Hamas Weaponized Sexual Violence on Oct. 7 (www.nytimes.com)

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Content Warning: Graphic descriptions of sexual assault

A two-month investigation by The Times uncovered painful new details, establishing that the attacks against women were not isolated events but part of a broader pattern of gender-based violence on Oct. 7.

Relying on video footage, photographs, GPS data from mobile phones and interviews with more than 150 people, including witnesses, medical personnel, soldiers and rape counselors, The Times identified at least seven locations where Israeli women and girls appear to have been sexually assaulted or mutilated.

Four witnesses described in graphic detail seeing women raped and killed at two different places along Route 232, the same highway where Ms. Abdush’s half-naked body was found sprawled on the road at a third location.

And The Times interviewed several soldiers and volunteer medics who together described finding more than 30 bodies of women and girls in and around the rave site and in two kibbutzim in a similar state as Ms. Abdush’s — legs spread, clothes torn off, signs of abuse in their genital areas.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago

I'm assuming that you're a decent person who cares about Palestinians and hates Nazis.

And some will even go so far as accuse any criticism of Israel as antisemitism.

I've seen far more people saying that people are saying that than actual people saying it. In fact, the few times I've looked at specific claims about public figures they've said the opposite and it's been a false assumption that they're denouncing all criticism of Israel. It's probably really only true in large numbers on the Israeli far-right and maybe Christian Fascists (who are lying anyway). Almost no one thinks that criticism of Israel is inherently antisemitic.

And that feels a lot like what you’re doing.

Here's your statement:

In fact, if someone mentions anti-zionism, it’s an indicator that they’re talking specifically about the governmental practices of Israel.

That statement is so broad that it captures genuine critics of the Israeli government... and some Nazi shit. It's so broad that I think you're (very unintentionally) giving cover to Nazis who are framing their racism in terms of Israel. You then said that the Nazis probably aren't many of the people talking about Israel. To which I'll say (and I'm sure you'd agree): any Nazi shit is too much Nazi shit.

You're saying that it's false that criticism of Israel is inherently racist, and I agree with you. The other extreme, that it's impossible to be racist so long as you mention Israel, is also false. That's especially important now because Nazis know that they can smuggle racist shit into public discussions. It's more important to assess statements and arguments on their merits than just seeing if something is "Israel-coded" because Nazi scumfucks are around doing Nazi shit pretending to not be Nazis.