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The Wartime Outrage in Israel that No One Is Talking About
(Washington Post) Ruth Marcus - Trust me, you do not want to watch Sheryl Sandberg's documentary, "Screams Before Silence," about sexual violence committed by Hamas terrorists on Oct. 7 and beyond. Trust me, you should. You should watch it and speak out, about the piercing screams of women being assaulted - and the appalling silence of prominent individuals and organizations, including women and women's groups, that would ordinarily rush to condemn such atrocities but whose reaction has been muted when it comes to gender violence deployed against Israeli women. The violence described in Sandberg's documentary occupies a different plane of calculated cruelty - indeed, of evil. The world that assails Israel for its conduct of the war in Gaza should be speaking out about Hamas' concerted assault on women. The terrorist group can deny this all it wants, but any repudiations are belied by the facts: The sexual violence was not isolated but repeated and methodical. The filmmakers deemed some of the most searing evidence too gruesome and too intrusive to be shown. "It's actually worse than you are able to show," Sandberg said, her eyes filling with tears. "Much worse."