{"id":2206788,"date":"2024-03-26T17:16:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-26T21:16:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/state-department-denies-report-it-accused-israel-of-systematic-sexual-abuse\/"},"modified":"2024-03-26T17:18:51","modified_gmt":"2024-03-26T21:18:51","slug":"state-department-denies-report-it-accused-israel-of-systematic-sexual-abuse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/state-department-denies-report-it-accused-israel-of-systematic-sexual-abuse\/","title":{"rendered":"State Department refutes claims of accusing Israel of &#8216;systematic&#8217; sexual abuse"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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%2Fstate-department-denies-report-it-accused-israel-of-systematic-sexual-abuse%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=2206788&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>The U.S. State Department denies a report alleging a\u2063 top official accused Israel of &#8220;systematically&#8221; sexually abusing \u2063Palestinian women. The Department confirmed raising concerns about &#8220;credible allegations&#8221; of abuse. This comes after a meeting where accusations were\u200b made but deemed inaccurate.\u200d Discussions continue on investigating reports of sexual violence and ensuring accountability. The \u2062U.S. State Department has\u200b refuted a report claiming that a senior official accused Israel of\u200b systematically\u200d sexually abusing Palestinian \u2062women. Despite this, the Department acknowledged addressing\u200d credible abuse\u200c allegations. The allegation \u200barose from a disputed meeting. Efforts\u2062 persist in investigating sexual\u200b violence\u2063 reports and upholding accountability measures.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure><figcaption> \t\t\t\tU.S. secretary of state Antony Blinken and Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu (Getty Images)\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The State Department is denying a recent report that claimed a top U.S. official accused the Jewish state of &#8220;systematically&#8221; sexually abusing Palestinian women, but told the <em>Washington Free Beacon<\/em> that it has raised concerns with Israel over &#8220;credible allegations&#8221; of abuse committed by its forces.<\/p>\n<p>The State Department in comments to the <em>Free Beacon <\/em>described as &#8220;inaccurate&#8221; a recent Israeli\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/israel-hamas-war\/article-793420#google_vignette\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=olqwAFJwLKU&#038;list=PLobXAG_4PUl1BzuAbzujJdaX93rDR-D07&#038;index=3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">claiming<\/a>\u00a0a top U.S. diplomat working on the &#8220;Israeli-Palestinian portfolio&#8221; accused the country of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-to-dump-up-to-1000-afghan-refugees-next-to-loudoun-high-school\/\" title=\"Biden Admin To Dump Up To 1,000 Afghan Refugees Next To Loudoun High School\">committing sexual assaults<\/a> on Palestinian detainees.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was a meeting that shook me,&#8221; Israel Defense Forces Brig.-Gen. (res.) Amir Avivi recounted after the meeting. &#8220;We sat there, talked about the situation, and suddenly she accused Israel of systematically sexually abusing Palestinian women.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The State Department said the report on the meeting was inaccurate, but U.S. diplomats have nonetheless raised the issue more broadly in their meetings with Israel.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What has been said throughout our meetings with Israeli leadership is consistent with what we&#8217;ve been saying publicly: Israel must thoroughly and transparently investigate credible allegations of wrongdoing and ensure accountability for any abuses or violations,&#8221; a State Department spokesman said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We take seriously all reports of sexual violence, including reports of sexual violence against Palestinians in detention\u2014as we said after the recent release of U.N. Special Envoy Representative [Pramila] Patten&#8217;s report on this subject,&#8221; the spokesman added,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sexualviolenceinconflict\/press-release\/un-special-representative-of-the-secretary-general-on-sexual-violence-in-conflict-ms-pramila-patten-to-visit-israel-and-the-occupied-west-bank\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">citing<\/a> a recent United Nations investigation into claims of abuse in the wake of Oct. 7.<\/p>\n<p>The State Department\u2019s comments come just days after Al Jazeera deleted a story falsely claiming that Israeli soldiers raped Palestinian women during a recent assault on the Al-Shifa hospital in the Gaza Strip, which has been converted into a Hamas command center.<\/p>\n<p>The claims were based on information from Hamas militants and ultimately proved to be false, according to Al Jazeera columnist Yasser Abuhilalah, who tweeted about the controversy earlier this week.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was revealed through Hamas investigations that the story of the rape of women in Al-Shifa Hospital was fabricated,&#8221; Abuhilalah wrote,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/israel-hamas-war\/article-793560\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according<\/a>\u00a0to the <em>Jerusalem Post<\/em>. &#8220;The woman who spoke about rape justified her exaggeration and incorrect talk by saying that the goal was to arouse the nation\u2019s fervor and brotherhood.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Three sources familiar with the matter identified the U.S. official cited in reports as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/jill-hutchings-32913b3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jill Hutchings<\/a>, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russian-military-unit-suspected-to-be-behind-neurological-attacks-on-u-s-officials-on-u-s-soil-report\/\" title=\"Russian Military Unit Suspected To Be Behind Neurological Attacks On U.S. Officials On U.S. Soil: Report\">career foreign service officer<\/a> and director of the State Department&#8217;s Office of Israeli and Palestinian affairs, which is overseen by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lawmakers-fmr-dod-officials-gearing-up-for-ufo-report\/\" title=\"Lawmakers, FMR DOD officials gearing up for UFO report\">assistant deputy secretary<\/a> of state Andrew Miller. A State Department spokesman would not comment further on the matter when asked to confirm this information.<\/p>\n<p>Experts who spoke to the <em>Free Beacon<\/em> said that Hamas routinely lies about alleged crimes by Israeli soldiers and that the U.S. government should be advocating against U.N. investigations that target Israel instead of Hamas.\t<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s alarming that we have State Department officials using Hamas and Al Jazeera fabrications as political weapons against Israel,&#8221; said Richard Goldberg, a former White House National Security Council member. &#8220;The U.N. is pro-Hamas and systemically anti-Semitic. Just because a Jew-hating U.N. official takes Hamas lies seriously, doesn&#8217;t mean a State Department official should.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There needs to be high-level guidance provided to all our diplomats not to engage in attempts to downplay the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-labor-secretary-covered-for-police-union-that-enabled-a-convicted-child-rapist\/\" title=\"Biden Labor Secretary Covered for Police Union That Enabled a Convicted Child Rapist\">sexual crimes committed<\/a> by Hamas on October 7,&#8221; said Goldberg, a senior adviser at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies think tank. &#8220;And that&#8217;s exactly what&#8217;s going on here.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The State Department dismissed a report alleging a senior U.S. official accused Israel of &#8220;systematically&#8221; sexually abusing Palestinian women. Despite denying the claim, the department confirmed raising concerns with Israel regarding &#8220;credible allegations.&#8221; Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu were pictured together (Getty Images) amid the controversy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":117,"featured_media":2206789,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Collage-Maker-01-Dec-2022-03.34-PM.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2206788","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Collage-Maker-01-Dec-2022-03.34-PM.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2206788","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/117"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2206788"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2206788\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2206789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2206788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2206788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2206788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}