“They hector and claim the mantle of justice while committing vicious acts and preying upon others,” Hillsdale professor David Azerrad told JNS.
( Apr. 29, 2026 / JNS ) Groups ostensibly devoted to protecting women have been accused since Oct. 7 of prioritizing attacking the Jewish state over that mission.
UN Women took some eight weeks to note “numerous accounts” of Hamas’s gender-based violence, Amnesty International did not fully acknowledge such violence until December 2025 and feminist and human rights activists wrote in February 2024 of Israel “weaponizing the issue of rape” after Oct. 7.
Meanwhile, the Gaza “flotilla” and other anti-Israel entities are said to have overlooked sexual violence in their ranks, and Hamas is accused of sexually abusing children as a recruitment tactic and sexually extorting widows for aid or money.
David Azerrad, assistant professor and research fellow at Hillsdale College’s graduate government school, told JNS that people who purport to care about women show their true colors when they prioritize attacking Israel.