As support for the War On Afghanistan dwindled, the Pentagon commissioned a study which concluded that the undecided voters were most likely to favor continuing the war if it was couched in terms of a struggle for women's rights. Hence, public messaging shifted, which is why we heard politicians and journalists suddenly express a touching concern for Muh Afghan Women And Girls. This in turn allowed that particular grift to continue for a few years more.

And we all remember the lurid allegations of rape used to sell the War On Libya the War On Ukraine.

In the last few days, public messaging on Gaza has shifted to unsupported allegations of mass rape, even though nobody has produced any rape kits or other evidence. But the MSM and politicians changed their sales pitch almost simultaneously.

Right on cue.

If anyone believes a word Israrl says by now they are fools

One thing that is glaring to me about these massive rape stories is the absence of the context within which these assaults were portended to occur. As I understand such conditions there was an breech int he 'securty' fence to capture hostages in order to negotiate the release of 1000's of Palestinians held without charges, bail, legal assist, etc, people who were being tortured by Israel. Such a situation would have people, the fighters on high alert for the IDF attacking them, running rapidly, finding cover, etc. When was there time to perform all these rapes. These guys must have had super human powers to find the time to capture, contain, unzip, rape and redress and get back into the fighting fray. I find this whole thing unbelievable . Further, what is not discussed are the direct interviews with Israeli women whose houses were invaded or held captive--in the few interviews that made the broader media outside Israel these women all reported being treated well and with respect. One woman whose home was broken into described the fighters saying they would not harm her or the children (I think there was one or 2 there). The fighter asked is he could take a banana! This is not the behavior of the wild, sexual maurauding men that Israel is trying to promote. This contrast must be included in any reporting to portray a different image

As for the comparison to racist characterizing in the US, yes, absolutely. The US exports Jim Crow tactics. What is also notable is a description of how the UK trained the early settler colonists in demoralization of the Palestinians and Arabe in the earlier years of the 20c when there were what we might call settler wars. What if people shared peace tactics as much as they shared the racist, colonial/imperialist ones!

There is also a report by Physicians for Human Rights Israel. It includes a number of the testimonies you have made questionable but also the following paragraph: 'A senior medical official with knowledge of the efforts being carried out at Shura shared with us that incidents of broken pelvises and other physical signs indicating sexual violence had been documented. The official also noted that he spoke with medical personnel at hospitals to which survivors and bodies from the attacks had arrived, who told him they had observed clear signs of sexual violence, including vaginal tears."

No doubt Israel is milking what happened on 7/10 to carry out genocide and ethnic cleansing in Gaza. And there were stories which were easily debunked - 40 beheaded babies, etc. But I still believe atrocites were perpetrated on 7/10.