IDF Brig.-Gen. (res.) Amir Avivi: A US State Department official claimed that Israel "systematically" sexually abuses Palestinian women.

IDF Brig.-Gen. (res.) Amir Avivi met with the holder of the Israeli-Palestinian portfolio at the US State Department, who accused Israel of “systematically” sexually abusing Palestinian woman, the general explained in an interview on 103FM.

Is it the official US position that IDF soldiers rape Palestinian women?

"When we meet with a State Department official holding the Israeli-Palestinian portfolio, every word she utters, as far as I’m concerned, is an official US position. Ultimately, she is a government official. When she says, for example, ‘You did not provide evidence that Hamas is stealing humanitarian aid and you are starving the population,’ what is she talking about? The IDF spokesperson shows [proof] every other day that Hamas is stealing food.

  • Damage@slrpnk.net
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    8 months ago

    Where there’s war, there’s rape, you can ask for proof, but history teaches us that’s just how it goes.

    • the post of tom joad@sh.itjust.works
      211·
      8 months ago

      Expanding on that “where there’s smoke there’s fire” idea, there are those awful videos of soldiers relishing in the mistreatment of Palestinians too, and running over houses with people inside.

      Together with the leadership calling Palestinians animals etc kinda precludes one from giving the IDF the benefit of the doubt.

    • filister@lemmy.world
      151·
      8 months ago

      You know there is a reason why Israel is not allowing any international journalists inside Gaza and actively targeting journalists.

  • AutoTL;DR@lemmings.worldBEnglish
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    8 months ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:

    Amir Avivi met with the holder of the Israeli-Palestinian portfolio at the US State Department, who accused Israel of “systematically” sexually abusing Palestinian woman, the general explained in an interview on 103FM.

    We sat there, talked about the situation, and suddenly she accused Israel of systematically sexually abusing Palestinian women."

    When she says, for example, ‘You did not provide evidence that Hamas is stealing humanitarian aid and you are starving the population,’ what is she talking about?

    The IDF spokesperson shows [proof] every other day that Hamas is stealing food.

    "You’re saying, guys, wake up and sit with these officials because they have a significant influence on what happens at the decision-maker level, and you will work to bridge the gaps.

    But we don’t have a big Foreign Ministry and not a lot of officials working abroad."

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