What women recently experienced in Hebron is part of a wider pattern of violent behavior designed to dehumanize those living under occupation.
last year that sensitive references were purposely removed from unclassified Israeli military documents concerning the events that led to the Nakba.Aharon Zizling—the country’s first minister of agriculture—as saying that although he "can forgive instances of rape … I will not forgive other acts."
The sexual degradation of Palestinian women is just one addition to the protracted and ongoing politics of humiliation in Occupied Palestine. Their behavior, however, is indicative of the culture of violence in Israel, the rooted racism, and this persistent desire to humiliate Palestinians., the uprising in 1987-93. Back then, sexual violence went hand in hand with Israeli violence against the Palestinian population.
The Israelis have excelled in this field. We know this because of the numerous reports by Palestinians themselves, and also because of the testimonies of Israelis. This was amply demonstrated in the reports In fact, the sexual degradation of Palestinian women is just one addition to the protracted and ongoing politics of humiliation in Occupied Palestine.
This explains why Palestinians continue to resist, even if their resistance is often derided as ineffectual and futile and why they will continue to resist for many years to come.Ramzy Baroud is a journalist and the Editor of the Palestine Chronicle.
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