<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[The Silence That Meets the Rape of PalestiniansMale and female Palestinians describe brutal sexual abuse at the hands of Israel’s prison guards, soldiers, settlers and interrogators.]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><strong>The Silence That Meets the Rape of Palestinians</strong><br /><em>Male and female Palestinians describe brutal sexual abuse at the hands of Israel’s prison guards, soldiers, settlers and interrogators.</em> <br /><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/opinion/israel-palestinians-sexual-violence.html?unlocked_article_code=1.hlA.XxDc.ASzIY019m5CD&amp;smid=nytcore-ios-share" rel="nofollow noopener"><span>https://www.</span><span>nytimes.com/2026/05/11/opinion</span><span>/israel-palestinians-sexual-violence.html?unlocked_article_code=1.hlA.XxDc.ASzIY019m5CD&amp;smid=nytcore-ios-share</span></a> </p><p>from <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/NewYorkTimes" rel="tag">#<span>NewYorkTimes</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/NYT" rel="tag">#<span>NYT</span></a> <br />[shareable gift article]<br /><br />May 11, 2026 </p><blockquote><p>There is no evidence that <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/Israeli" rel="tag">#<span>Israeli</span></a> leaders order <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/rapes" rel="tag">#<span>rapes</span></a>. But in recent years they have built a security apparatus where <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/SexualViolence" rel="tag">#<span>SexualViolence</span></a> has become, as a <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/UN" rel="tag">#<span>UN</span></a> report put it last year, one of <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/Israel" rel="tag">#<span>Israel</span></a>’s “standard operating procedures” and “a major element in the ill treatment of <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/Palestinians" rel="tag">#<span>Palestinians</span></a>.” A report out last month, from the Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor, a Geneva-based advocacy group often critical of Israel, concludes that Israel employs “systematic sexual violence” that is “widely practiced as part of an organized state policy.” </p></blockquote><p><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/StopStarvingGaza" rel="tag">#<span>StopStarvingGaza</span></a> <br /><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/FreePalestine" rel="tag">#<span>FreePalestine</span></a><br /><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/IsraeliCrimesAgainstHumanity" rel="tag">#<span>IsraeliCrimesAgainstHumanity</span></a><br /><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/StopArmingIsrael" rel="tag">#<span>StopArmingIsrael</span></a><br /><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/BDS" rel="tag">#<span>BDS</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/DivestFromIsrael" rel="tag">#<span>DivestFromIsrael</span></a><br /><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/SolidarityWithPalestineIsNotAntisemitism" rel="tag">#<span>SolidarityWithPalestineIsNotAntisemitism</span></a> <br /><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/Palestine" rel="tag">#<span>Palestine</span></a><br /><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/news" rel="tag">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/politics" rel="tag">#<span>politics</span></a></p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/405a8447-6d96-4873-8c2a-6f13cc85044d/the-silence-that-meets-the-rape-of-palestiniansmale-and-female-palestinians-describe-brutal-sexual-abuse-at-the-hands-of-israel-s-prison-guards-soldiers-settlers-and-interrogators.</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 05:19:50 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/405a8447-6d96-4873-8c2a-6f13cc85044d.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 23:30:04 GMT</pubDate><ttl>60</ttl></channel></rss>