Nearly seven months after the October 7 massacre, a new documentary exposes atrocities and sexual assaults committed against Israelis.
Documentary on former Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, “Screams before silence” It contains a first-hand account of the horror of that day when approximately 1,200 Israeli lives were taken.
“When you listen to this chaos for 20 minutes or 15 minutes, you understand that something very bad is happening there. It doesn’t stop. That’s when I started to get scared about what I was going to do To be raped,” one woman reminisces about the Nova Music Festival attack.
Sandberg said “America’s Newsroom” On Friday he took on the project because “the world needs to see and acknowledge what happened.”
Blinken: Hamas committed sexual violence in October. 7 ‘Beyond anything I’ve seen’
The catastrophic outcome of the Hamas terrorist attack on Israel on October 7, 2023.
“After October 7, reports were coming out about not only mass murder, but also large-scale sexual violence. And ordinary people who should have been speaking out were either ignoring it or denying it. And that’s not okay.” lean in the founder told Dana Perino.
Documentary allows the audience to hear directly First responders and survivors Who were on the ground.
Sandberg shared details of another conversation with a man named Rami, whom he described as a “regular citizen” who traveled to the site of the attack and rescued hundreds of people. He said Rami also saw “women naked, with their legs spread, bloody, tied to trees.”
Sandberg said, “He sits in this documentary and tells that story, crying that he couldn’t save them. And I think the world needs to see and acknowledge what happened here.”
Sandberg argued that the documentary would prove to viewers that Hamas members wanted to sexually assault Against Israeli women.
And as anti-Israel protests grow across the US, with college campuses occupied and occupied by protesters, Sandberg believes sexual violence is being ignored because it “Doesn’t fit their narrative.”
“If you believe that October 7 was resistance – and I don’t believe that, I don’t believe that terror is resistance – but if you believe that, then sexual violence does not fit into that narrative because rape is never resistance. ,” he explained .
But when confronted, some self-proclaimed Palestine supporters Activists have denied sexual violence Completely.
“Fox & Friends” co-host Lawrence Jones spoke to two activists in Milwaukee this week who said they were simply advocating for “humanity.”
Jones raised the issue of Israeli women being raped and the treatment of children, and activists responded by questioning the validity of the claims and saying they had been “debunked”.
However, the United Nations issued a report Recognizing rape and sexual assaults on Israeli women.
One activist said, “I don’t know the resources, but like I said, we’re not here to apologize… We’re not here for violence at all.”
Jones shared his conversation with his co-hosts on Wednesday, saying, “If we can’t even come to a consensus that women were raped and children were put in ovens in Israel on October 7, So we can’t negotiate.” ,
Anti-Semitism has increased on campus since the agitators took over
Pro-Palestinian supporters rally outside Columbia University in New York City on April 23, 2024. In response to recent campus unrest and concerns regarding Jewish student safety, Columbia University President Minouche Shafik announced a shift to online learning starting Monday. He urged faculty and staff to prioritize remote work. (Gina Moon/Getty Images)
Despite increasing polarization, Sandberg says sexual violence The commitment is a non-partisan issue and warned that what is happening on college campuses is “really not okay.”
She said, “I am a big believer in freedom of speech. … University is a time where you go to college. You can talk openly about any issue.” “The truth is that campus chaos – places where people don’t feel safe – is not conducive to real conversations about tough issues, which prevents the honest conversations we need.”
Sandberg’s documentary, “Screams Before Silence”, is available on YouTube, and she urged viewers to witness the stories of those who survived the October 7 attacks in order to give voice to the women who were silenced. and “depth” could be understood. Of this terror.”
Sandberg said, “And right now, when you and I are here, there are still hostages, and we know they are being sexually assaulted, and people need to see what’s really happening here. “
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Fox News’ Bailey Hill contributed to this report.
