A lately launched Hamas hostage’s revelation of sexual violence towards her fellow captives seems to refute anti-Israel progressives who are likely to downplay or dismiss terrorists’ atrocities.
Chen Goldstein-Almog, 48, was held hostage by Hamas with three of her youngsters for 51 days following the Palestinian terrorist group’s Oct. 7 assault on Israelis.
Her husband and eldest daughter have been murdered by Palestinian terrorists through the assault.
CNN HOST CLASHES WITH PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRAT OVER HAMAS’ USE OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE: ‘YOU TURNED IT BACK TO ISRAEL’
Chen Goldstein-Almog, 48, was held hostage with three of her youngsters by Hamas for 51 days following the Palestinian terrorist group’s Oct. 7 assault on harmless Israelis. (Israel Defense Forces by way of AP)
Goldstein-Almog and her youngsters have been launched by the fear group, and the spouse and mom gave an interview with the Israeli press on Dec. 11 about her time as a hostage.
During her interview, Goldstein-Almog revealed she heard firsthand accounts of sexual violence from different feminine hostages by their Hamas captors.
“I heard the testimony directly from girls and heard things second hand,” Goldstein-Almog stated. “Some of the sexual violence happened well into our time in Gaza, not in the first week.”
“But the way their bodies were desecrated, they don’t know how they will deal with that. It happened weeks into their time in Gaza,” she stated.
“If they were released earlier, they would’ve been saved from experiencing sexual violence,” Goldstein-Almog added.
Goldstein-Almog stated they “heard three stories firsthand of women saying they were sexually abused and we heard an additional story.” She added that “presumably, there are more instances” of sexual violence by Hamas.
Briahna Joy Gray, a former spokesperson for Bernie Sanders’ presidential marketing campaign, tweeted, “‘Believe all women’ was always an absurd overreach: woman should be heard, claims should be investigated, but evidence is required.” (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
The former hostage additionally stated she “was threatened once when they thought I was wandering around and looking free” within the first residence they have been taken to and that “there was a threat that” she would “be handcuffed, but it didn’t happen.”
“I said I have kids and nothing happened to me,” Goldstein-Almog stated. “It was the only time I felt under threat [of sexual violence].”
A spokesperson for the Biden administration State Department famous earlier this month that one of many causes Hamas doesn’t need to launch ladies hostages is as a result of “they don’t want those women to be able to talk about what happened to them.”
Many American progressives have been largely silent on Hamas’ sexual violence towards Israelis, whereas some have downplayed or dismissed the reviews of sexual assault.
Briahna Joy Gray, a former nationwide press secretary for Bernie Sanders’ presidential marketing campaign, tweeted earlier this month, “‘Believe all women’ was always an absurd overreach: woman should be heard, claims should be investigated, but evidence is required.”
“The same is true of the allegations out of Israel,” Gray wrote in a Dec. 4 tweet. “But also, this isn’t a ‘believe women’ scenario bc no female victims have offered testimony.”
“Zionists are asking that we believe the uncorroborated eyewitness account of *men* who describe alleged rape victims in odd, fetishistic terms,” Gray continued in a subsequent tweet.
“Shame on Israel for not seriously investigating claims of rape and collecting rape kits,” she added.
Progressive Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., was torched after she clashed with CNN’s Dana Bash over the shortage of widespread condemnation of Hamas’ use of sexual violence towards Israeli ladies through the Oct. 7 assaults.
The Washington state Democrat prompt that wasn’t true, and claimed she had already condemned Hamas’ remedy of girls, earlier than shortly turning the dialog again to Israel.
“But I think we have to remember Israel is a democracy. That is why they’re a strong ally of ours. And if they do not comply with international humanitarian law, they are bringing themselves to a place that makes it much more difficult strategically for them to be able to build allies, to keep public opinion with them, and frankly, morally, we cannot say that one war crime deserves another. That is not what international humanitarian law says,” Jayapal stated.
“With respect, I was just asking about the women, and you turned it back to Israel. I’m asking you about Hamas,” Bash stated.
Rep. Pramila Jayapal was torched after she clashed with CNN’s Dana Bash over the shortage of widespread condemnation of Hamas’ use of sexual violence towards Israeli ladies through the Oct. 7 assaults. (Al Drago/Bloomberg by way of Getty Images)
The lawmaker stated she had already answered the query and added, “We have to be balanced about bringing in the outrages against Palestinians. Fifteen thousand Palestinians have been killed in Israeli airstrikes, three-quarters of whom are women and children.”
“And it’s horrible,” Bash stated. “But you don’t see Israeli soldiers raping Palestinian women.”
“I don’t want this to be the hierarchies of oppressions,” Jayapal stated.
Jayapal has since issued an announcement “unequivocally” condemning “Hamas’ use of rape and sexual violence as an act of war.”
“This is horrific and across the world, we must stand with our sisters, families, and survivors of rape and sexual assault everywhere to condemn this violence and hold perpetrators accountable,” Jayapal stated.
Neither Jayapal nor Gray instantly responded to Fox News Digital’s request for remark.
Fox News Digital’s Hanna Panreck contributed reporting.
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