This week, Arbel Yehud spoke publicly about her experience in Hamas captivity. She described relentless sexual abuse—from the very beginning of her captivity until the very end. Hundreds of days of sexual torture.

It is unstomachable. It is unimaginable. The level of cruelty and disregard for human dignity stretches beyond what most of us in the world can truly comprehend.

And yet—no sustained global outcry.

In the weeks following October 7, many Jewish women said bitterly: “Me too—unless you’re a Jew.” It was not simply rhetoric. It reflected a visible hesitation in parts of the international women’s rights community to immediately and unequivocally address documented sexual violence committed during the attacks.

Multiple hostages who returned have independently described abuse, humiliation, and sexual violence in Hamas captivity, just as detainees in Iranian detention centers have reported similar methods of degradation. These........

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