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The Combat Antisemitism Movement (CAM) is among more than 60 organizations to have signed a joint letter calling on the United Nations to “conduct an independent, unbiased investigation into the reports and documented evidence of Hamas’ rape, mutilation, gender-based violence and murder of Israeli women and girls and prosecute these war crimes to the fullest extent.”
Read the full text of the letter — addressed to UN Secretary-General António Guterres — HERE.
CAM is also supporting a global grassroots petition organized by Hadassah urging Guterres to “#EndTheSilence and speak out against rape as a weapon of war!”
The petition — which can be signed HERE — says:
Dear Secretary-General Guterres,
On October 7, Hamas terrorists raped and mutilated countless women and girls in Israel, using premeditated mass sexual violence and torture as a weapon of terror.
Women were shot in their vaginas and breasts. Girls were found dead, stripped naked, genitals mutilated and covered with blood and semen.
Rape should never be sanctioned as an act of war. Not anywhere. Not again.
These heinous acts are war crimes and crimes against humanity. I am writing to ask you to help end the silence around Hamas’ use of rape as a weapon of war on October 7 and demand justice and accountability. I urge you to ensure that the United Nations conducts a thorough, independent, unbiased investigation and pursues vigorous prosecution for these war crimes.
Horrific, unimaginable sexual violence occurred on October 7 in Israel. Yet too few people know the truth. Hamas terrorists must be held accountable. Sign the petition now. #EndTheSilence https://t.co/28x8t4auWX pic.twitter.com/EpshbV52NV
— Hadassah (@Hadassah) February 21, 2024
