Jewish, Israeli rights groups urge UN to recognize Hamas’s systematic sexual violence

Israel

Hadassah, the Women's Zionist Organization of America, together with 27 Jewish and Israeli human rights organizations, called on the United Nations, in a letter last week, to recognize Hamas's use of sexual violence as a weapon of war.The organizations warned of what they described as growing efforts from the UN to deny Hamas's weaponization of sexual violence against the hostages abducted during the October 7, 2023, massacre.Accusing the UN of downplaying or dismissing documented evidence,