‘We have come so far in believing survivors of rape and assault in so many situations,” wrote the former Meta executive and founder of LeanIn.org, Sheryl Sandberg, in a recent CNN op-ed. And yet, Western organizations supposedly devoted to women’s issues have spent the weeks since the 10/7 massacre of Israeli civilians — a slaughter that featured the methodical rape, abuse, and torture of Hamas’s female victims — laying low. In conflicts elsewhere around the globe, Sandberg observed, evidence that rape has been used as a weapon of warfare “evoked a loud response from global women’s organizations.” But similar crimes committed by Hamas have not.
