Israel’s War Against Gaza’s Women & Their Bodies

As Gaza is pummeled, anti-Palestinian racist incitement from top Israeli political, religious, and cultural figures has taken on a dangerous misogynistic tone.

The text of the banner reads: “Israeli soldiers, the residents of Or Yehuda are with you! Pound ‘their mother and come back home safely to your mother.”

by David Sheen

TRIGGER WARNING: This article contains sexually explicit words and images.

As Israel’s latest assault on Gaza enters its third week, the destructive force unleashed upon the Strip has taken a massive toll, leaving over 650 Palestinians dead, over 4,200 wounded - mostly civilians - and over a hundred thousand homeless. As Gaza is pummeled, the level of anti-Palestinian racist incitement from top Israeli political, religious and cultural figures continues to ring at peak pitch, and has taken on a dangerous misogynistic tone.