Not to excuse violations of human rights in Israel... but it's not like Iran is any better [1], and Hamas and the other groups that joined in on Oct 7th also committed copious amounts of sexual violence [2], and hostages claimed being sexually abused as well [3].

Truly no side is innocent here.

[1] https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/04/22/iran-security-forces-rap...

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_and_gender-based_violen...

[3] https://edition.cnn.com/2026/01/04/middleeast/israeli-hostag...

Impressive mental gymnastics to go from the topic of sexual abuse to a criticism of democracy - oh no, "western democracy".