The Silence That Meets the Rape of #Palestinians
Male and female Palestinians describe brutal sexual abuse at the hands of #Israel’s prison guards, soldiers, settlers and interrogators.
By Nicholas Kristof
May 11, 2026
"There is no evidence that Israeli leaders order rapes. But in recent years they have built a security apparatus where sexual violence has become, as a United Nations report put it last year, one of Israel’s 'standard operating procedures' and 'a major element in the ill treatment of Palestinians.' A report out last month, from the Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor, a Geneva-based advocacy group often critical of Israel, concludes that Israel employs 'systematic sexual violence' that is 'widely practiced as part of an organized state policy.' "
Read more:
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/opinion/israel-palestinians-sexual-violence.html
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/wCOUZ
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