As painful as it was for me to write this, I felt compelled to respond to the article in the May 14 issue of the Baltimore Sun, “Civil Commission Report Says Oct. 7 Sexual Violence in Israel was Deliberate, Coordinated.” (If you are interested in reading the report, you can view it on this web page.)

Most Jews and Israelis around the world already know this violence was deliberate and coordinated. Was it not obvious from the news coverage of Hamas’ brutal, horrific attack at the Nova Music Festival in the Negev Desert?

Was it not evident in the video footage Hamas deliberately released to the public to provide further torment and anguish?

I suppose not everyone has heard about the women who Hamas terrorists tied to trees,  gang raped and mutilated. Or the woman they continued to rape after she was dead. The blind hatred and animalistic behavior should appall everyone, whether or not you agree with the State of Israel’s politics.

I’ll never forget the image of the woman whose breasts they cut off before they killed her. Unfortunately, such images will remain embedded in my mind for the rest of my life.

To shed light on these atrocities and hold........

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