{"id":2125623,"date":"2023-12-14T21:52:02","date_gmt":"2023-12-15T02:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/resolution-condemning-hamass-sexual-violence-introduced-by-bipartisan-group-of-senators\/"},"modified":"2023-12-14T21:54:15","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T02:54:15","slug":"resolution-condemning-hamass-sexual-violence-introduced-by-bipartisan-group-of-senators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/resolution-condemning-hamass-sexual-violence-introduced-by-bipartisan-group-of-senators\/","title":{"rendered":"Bipartisan Senators Introduce Resolution Condemning Hamas&#8217;s Sexual Violence"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fresolution-condemning-hamass-sexual-violence-introduced-by-bipartisan-group-of-senators%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2125623&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">U.S. Sen. Katie \u200dBritt (R-AL) speaks at \u200ba press conference on border security at the \u200cU.S. Capitol on December 07, 2023 in Washington, DC. The group of Republican Senators held a press conference calling for enhanced border security. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch\/Getty \u2063Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/sophia-flores\">Sophia Flores<\/a><br \/>6:42 PM \u2013 \u200bThursday, December 14, 2023<\/p>\n<p>A bipartisan \u200dgroup of senators have\u200c introduced a resolution condemning Islamic terrorist\u200d group \u200cHamas of\u200d its use of \u2063sexual violence during its October 7<sup>th<\/sup> attack in Israel.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: revert; color: initial;\">On Thursday,\u200c 16 senators, led by Senator \u2062 <span style=\"font-size: revert; color: initial;\">Jeanne Shaheen<\/span><\/span> <span style=\"font-size: revert; color: initial;\">(D-N.H.), signed a resolution calling\u200c for the Senate to\u200c condemn \u200c\u201cin the strongest terms the deliberate use \u2063of \u200dgender-based violence \u200cagainst women and children in Israel during the terrorist \u200dattacks on October 7, 2023.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThe \u2064deliberate use of rape and \u200csexual violence as a weapon\u200d of war by Hamas\u200c terrorists\u200c against the people of Israel is\u200b atrocious,\u201d Shaheen said. \u201cI\u2019m proud to join\u2064 with \u2062my colleagues, including\u2062 Britt, to introduce a bipartisan resolution that strongly condemns the barbaric attacks of October 7<sup>th<\/sup> and the sexual and gender-based violence \u2064carried out by Hamas against\u2062 the\u2062 people of Israel.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Senator Katie\u2063 Britt (R-Ala.), a cosponsor of the resolution, watched footage that displayed the horrific sexual \u2062abuse committed by Hamas\u200b members.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cAs a mother, as \u200da daughter,\u2062 as a sister, and as an \u200dAmerican, I was absolutely horrified by the acts\u2062 of pure evil carried out against innocent \u2062Israeli women \u2062and young girls,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The resolution also \u2062stated that the international community\u200d must \u201ctake every \u200dstep possible\u201d to end the\u2063 use\u2063 of\u2064 rape as a weapon of war. <\/p>\n<p>They\u2063 suggested that this can be accomplished by \u201cresponding to \u200dtestimonials of violence\u201d and by \u201ccondemning gender-based \u2062violence\u201d as quickly as \u2063possible after it\u200b is reported.<\/p>\n<p>The sexual\u2063 violence perpetrated \u2064by Hamas has been well documented and the terrorist group can be seen \u200cin footage using rape and other gruesome acts as a weapon of \u2063war.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">**Hamas central stronghold, Palestine Square, in \u200bthe hands\u2062 of the IDF**<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u2063 Briahna: &#8220;I call this colonization!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The \u200drape-apologist forgot to mention how it started: Hamas parading the bodies of slaughtered\u2062 Jews for the masses \u200bto beat &#038; spit on<\/p>\n<p>Is this &#8216;decolonization&#8217; for you? \u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4GtR33DFXg\">https:\/\/t.co\/4GtR33DFXg<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vj6Sk8LYti\">pic.twitter.com\/vj6Sk8LYti<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Adam Albilya \u2013 \u05d0\u05d3\u05dd \u05d0\u05dc\u05d1\u05d9\u05dc\u05d9\u05d4 (@AdamAlbilya) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AdamAlbilya\/status\/1733341280564900094?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 9, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>This comes after Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) was\u200d labeled \u201ctone deaf\u201d by her \u200dDemocrat colleagues due to her decision to appear on<em> CNN<\/em>\u2019s \u201cState of \u2063The Union\u201d program, where she highlighted the number of Palestinians that have been killed \u2062since October 7<sup>th<\/sup>, rather than \u2062condemning Hamas or expressing sympathy for the\u200c Jewish lives\u2063 that were lost. <\/p>\n<p>She was later accused of minimizing \u200dthe rape\u2063 and sexual assault that Hamas had carried\u200b out.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cI think we have to\u200b be balanced about \u200dbringing in the outrages against \u200cPalestinians,\u201d she said at the time.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive\u2064 breaking news blasts directly to your inbox for free.\u200c Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"rc-widget-10bad2\" data-rc-widget data-widget-host=\"habitat\" data-endpoint=\"\/\/trends.revcontent.com\" data-widget-id=\"278641\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\" style=\"margin-bottom:10px\"> \t\t \t\tShare this post!\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>California Representative\u200d Kevin McCarthy speaks on the House floor for the final time ahead\u2062 of his retirement.\u2064 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Congress passes the annual National Defense Authorization\u2062 Act approving a record $886 billion dollars in\u2064 military \u2064spending. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Republicans pass the \u200dNDAA\u2063 with surveillance provisions intact while Jill \u2062Biden delivers a White House Nutcracker.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The students and faculty of the University of Nevada Las Vegas hold\u2063 a vigil for the people \u200bwho \u200bdied \u200cin\u200b the shooting earlier this \u200dmonth. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Pope Francis has \u200ccalled for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gms-cruise-boots-key-leaders-amid-robotaxi-incident\/\" title=\"GM's Cruise replaces top executives following a robotaxi incident\">legally binding international\u2063 treaty<\/a> to regulate artificial\u200c intelligence.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Tesla\u2064 is recalling just over two\u200b million vehicles \u2062in \u200bthe United\u200d States fitted with its Autopilot advanced \u200bdriver-assistance system to install new safeguards.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Netflix is set to pull ahead of Disney+ in the race for U.S. advertising dollars next year as price \u2063hikes and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/netflix-to-squeak-past-disney-in-us-advertising-revenue-in-2024-report\/\" title=\"Netflix is projected to surpass Disney+ in US ad revenue by 2024, says report\">password-sharing crackdown pull<\/a> more viewers to its ad-supported plan.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Microsoft and the AFL-CIO \u200cunion federation said they had struck\u200d a deal whereby the software giant will remain\u2062 neutral in \u200cefforts by unions to encourage workers to become members.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> rnrn  <\/p>\n<h2> What actions should\u2063 be taken \u200dto support the victims, hold perpetrators accountable, and prevent further acts of sexual violence\u2062 in conflict zones<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Your inbox\u200b by\u2062 signing up for our newsletter \u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/newsletter\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The resolution introduced by the bipartisan senators is an important step \u200bin acknowledging and condemning the use of sexual violence by Hamas as a weapon of war. It is essential that the international community comes \u200dtogether to address this heinous crime and take decisive action \u200bto bring\u2063 an end to \u2063it.<\/p>\n<p>Senator Jeanne Shaheen, in her statement about the \u2064resolution, \u2063rightly\u2064 points out \u2062that the deliberate use of\u200c rape and sexual violence \u2063by Hamas terrorists is atrocious. Such acts go against the \u2062principles of humanity \u2062and cannot be tolerated. The \u2062resolution sends a strong message that the international\u200d community \u200dstands united\u200d against this barbaric behavior.<\/p>\n<p>Senator \u2064Katie Britt, who cosponsored the resolution, expressed her horror at the\u2064 acts committed by Hamas. As a \u2063mother, daughter, sister,\u2063 and American, she understands the importance of standing up \u2062against such pure evil and \u2063protecting \u200bthe innocent.<\/p>\n<p>The resolution also \u2062emphasizes\u2063 the \u2062need\u200c for the international community \u200bto \u2064respond promptly\u200d to\u200c reports of gender-based violence and condemn it unequivocally. \u200bIt\u200b calls for taking every possible step to end \u200bthe use of rape as a weapon of war, highlighting the urgency and gravity of the\u200b situation.<\/p>\n<p>It is heart-wrenching to see \u200bthat Hamas has\u200b been involved in sexual violence and other gruesome acts, as captured in footage. The international community must not turn a blind eye to these atrocities and must take decisive action to hold Hamas accountable for\u200c its actions.<\/p>\n<p>In contrast to the bipartisan \u200defforts to condemn Hamas, Pramila Jayapal&#8217;s\u200b remarks on CNN&#8217;s &#8220;State of The Union&#8221; program were seen as \u200dtone-deaf and minimizing the crimes committed by Hamas.\u200b It \u2063is crucial for public figures to\u2064 condemn terrorism and express sympathy for the victims, regardless of their political leanings.<\/p>\n<p>The resolution introduced by the senators is a significant step in raising awareness\u200b about the issue\u200d of \u2063sexual violence used as a weapon of \u200bwar. It \u200cis imperative that further\u2062 action be taken to support the victims, hold perpetrators accountable, and work towards preventing\u200c such atrocities in the future.<\/p>\n<p>The international community \u200dmust come together to ensure\u200c the safety and \u200dwell-being of \u200bwomen and children \u2063affected by\u200b terrorism, \u2063and to send a clear message that acts of sexual violence will not\u2063 be tolerated\u2063 under any circumstances.<\/p>\n<p>By condemning\u2064 Hamas and its \u2064use of\u200c sexual violence, the bipartisan group of senators is taking a\u200b stand for justice and human rights. It is a crucial step towards\u2063 creating a safer world and a future free from \u200cthe horrors\u200d of sexual violence in conflict zones.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Katie Britt (R-AL) addresses border security concerns at a press conference in Washington, DC. 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