Rape as a tool of war

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Bari Weiss interviews Sheryl Sandberg about her documentary about October 7, “Screams Before the Silence.”

“The most stunning thing about sexual violence is that it is the most effective tool of war for two reasons:  The first, it’s just effective, you rape women and sometimes their husbands then don’t want to be with them, you tear apart society, they’re carrying babies of their rapists.  What happens then?  …And its free, it’s free, you don’t have to buy a bomb, a rocket, a gun, it’s free, so you can totally terrorize a nation.”

 

Comments

  1. Hello,

    I also disapprove of rape as an instrument of war.

    If this is mostly false:
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_and_gender-based_violence_against_Palestinians_during_the_Gaza_war
    then it would be good to have it corrected.

    Could I please be told about your success or otherwise in correcting it?

    Regards,
    James Cone

    • Thanks for drawing our attention to it. It’s pretty ugly reading. We will look into it.

      Off the bat, whenever Israelis are suspecting of acting badly, then usually there is an investigation. Then it comes down to the strength of the evidence. For example, the recent killing of ambulance workers was investigated and the commanding officer involved faced repercussions.

      It might take a week or two though.

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