The Jerusalem Post reports: “An event hosted in the European Parliament on Tuesday discussed the ‘dire’ state of women’s rights in the Middle East since Hamas’s October 7 attacks, according to the event’s co-sponsor, The Institute for the Study of Global Antisemitism and Policy (ISGAP).

During the event, experts testified that the same forces seeking to attack the Jewish people were abusing women throughout the Middle East.

‘Today, the forces attacking Jewish people are the same ones oppressing women across the Middle East. If the world continues to turn a blind eye, we embolden these regimes and open the door to more atrocities,’ Dr. Charles Asher Small explained…

Dr. Small, commenting on Hamas’s large-scale attack that kickstarted the current war, said: ‘The October 7 attack was not just an assault on Israel but on the core values we claim to uphold—human rights, equality, and dignity. The brutal murders and abductions of Israeli women by Hamas should have sparked global outrage, yet we faced silence or, worse, justifications disguised as resistance. This is a profound moral failure.’ 

‘When academics and leaders rationalize the murder and rape of Israeli women, they not only betray the victims but legitimize gender-based violence as a weapon of war. This failure is exacerbated by the appeasement of regimes like Qatar, Iran, and the Taliban.’…”