Hadassah Launches Petition to ‘End the Silence’
The purpose is to unite people around the world to speak out against the weaponization of sexual violence by Hamas and other organizations in different countries against women of all creeds, races, nationalities, and political beliefs.
Hadassah, the largest Zionist women’s organization in America, recently launched a global campaign under the title, “End the Silence.” The purpose is to unite people around the world to speak out against the weaponization of sexual violence by Hamas and other organizations in different countries against women of all creeds, races, nationalities, and political beliefs.
“As leaders of a humanitarian organization, our Hadassah members in Atlanta, over 3,000 strong, are personally destroyed by the evidence of how Hamas used rape and other acts of brutal sexual violence during its Oct. 7 attack on Israel,” said Simone Wilker, Zionist Affairs Chair of the Greater Atlanta Hadassah Chapter. “How can anyone justify these sexual war crimes? What if this were your mother, daughter, sister, or grandchild who was assaulted? Could we, not just women but men, too, simply stand by and do nothing?”
“We are outraged that these war crimes have been ‘justified,’ denied, and even celebrated by some,” said Hadassah Greater Atlanta President Nancy Schwartz.
Hadassah is coordinating this campaign with a petition entitled #EndTheSilence. Hadassah is requesting that everyone, anyone, both men and women, sign this petition. The goal is to gather at least 100,000 signatures. Post it on social media. Ask everyone to sign it. Who is not against sexual violence?
Go to www.Hadassah.org to add your name to the petition and to read about Hadassah’s work.
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