A new generation of women around the world is learning from and speaking out against this cruel and catastrophic Israeli violence. For these women, the assault on Gaza will be among their formative political experiences, a vital lesson in how racial-gender violence organizes the international order, how it shapes the workings of international politics and law.
An aguna is a woman unable to be divorced from her husband, during the Israel-Hamas war such cases have become noticeable enough to warrant rabbinical intervention.
Inflammatory statements are often made by parties involved in a war. Some are an emotional, careless response; some reveal prejudice and hatred; some reveal naked politicking. Such statements, sadly, are a staple in war. Nonetheless, they are, to put it mildly, extremely unhelpful in bringing the belligerents closer to resolving the conflict.
“(Tutsis) are cockroaches. We will kill you.” Arabs are like “drugged cockroaches in a bottle.” The first quote was a line repeated frequently by the - Ramzy Baroud for Antiwar.com Original