(LinkedIn) Ruth Halperin-Kaddari - On June 7, The Times published an "investigation" titled, "Israel Says Hamas Weaponized Rape. Does the Evidence Add Up?," claiming that Hamas did not rape as a matter of policy and that the evidence of rape was scant. Three Israeli women experts quoted in the article have now charged that "the published article misrepresented our words, twisting them to convey the impression that we support the prejudiced argument that claims of sexual violence are being manipulated by Israel. The article aims to discredit and gaslight the victims of heinous acts of sexual violence. Hence, much of what we said was omitted, and only selective excerpts were used, taken out of context to serve the article's agenda." "We are shocked and disappointed by the exploitation of our willingness to be interviewed and the attempt to use our expertise to give credence to the reporters' views....In this instance, the reporters' agenda replaced the professional and ethical commitment to presenting evidence accurately." Prof. Ruth Halperin-Kaddari, Academic Director of The Rackman Center at Bar-Ilan University and former Vice-President of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women; Dr. Sarai Aharoni, Head of the Gender Studies Program at Ben-Gurion University; and Orit Sulitzeanu, CEO of the Association of Rape Crisis Centers in Israel.
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