Women’s rights activists join rabbis in demanding UN remove October 7th rape denier

Over 300 women’s rights advocates and Jewish community activists are demanding the United Nations remove official who denies Gaza terrorists committed sexual atrocities against Israeli women.

By World Israel News Staff

A group of women’s rights advocates, Jewish activists, rabbis and Christian leaders are calling on the United Nations to remove an official who promotes the denial of sexual atrocities by Gazan terrorists against Israeli women during and after October 7th, 2023.

More than 300 signatories have endorsed a letter penned to United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, demanding the UN remove Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women Reem Alsalem, after she justified false claims that no sexual violence or assault took place during the Hamas invasion of Israel.

The letter was written after Alsalem posted a comment to her X account on November 14th which read: “No independent investigation found that rape took place on the 7th of October.”

The signatories expressed their “horror and outrage” and Alsalem’s denial of the October 7th rapes, and pointed out that two UN reports, one by the Secretary-General himself, have confirmed that Hamas committed rapes and other sexual atrocities against Israeli women.

The petition was organized by Prof. R. Amy Elman of Kalamazoo College, in Michigan, and Dr. Rafael Medoff, historian and author of the new book, The Road to October 7.

“If a UN official made such a remark concerning rape victims from any other ethnic or religious group, there would be an international uproar,” Medoff said.

“The same standard should apply to Israeli Jewish women who were sexually assaulted by Hamas terrorists.”

Elman accused Alsalem of “aiding and abetting the sexual violence” she denied occurred.

“The targeted sexual abuse of Israelis by Hamas and its supporters is one weapon in the arsenal of those seeking Israel’s obliteration. It’s outrageous that deniers such as Reem Alsalem are aiding and abetting the sexual violence by claiming it never happened. These apologists should be ashamed of themselves.”