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question everything

(52,355 posts)
Fri May 15, 2026, 12:13 AM 16 hrs ago

The Truth About Hamas

Reading “Silenced No More,” the new report by the Civil Commission on October 7th Crimes by Hamas Against Women and Children, we were transported back to Oct. 27, 2023, and a screening of the raw footage of Hamas’s atrocities. The mouths of journalists were agape, but time dulls horrific reality.

The new report is a catalogue, for memory’s sake, of Hamas depravity. Testimony from site after site attests to rape and assault. Screams and pleas. Gunshots to the face and genitals. Mutilation. Burning. Bodies naked, legs spread. Grotesque scenes staged. All forming an evidentiary record, the result of more than 10,000 photos and video segments and more than 430 interviews, testimonies and meetings with survivors, witnesses and experts.

(snip)

A male says he was gang-raped at the Nova site, providing medical records and a detailed account: “They laughed, they were really pleased, as if I was their sex doll.” The Hamas invaders had been given operational materials including Arabic-to-Hebrew phrase lists such as “take off your pants/take your clothes off,” “lie down” and “spread your legs.” The planned sexual degradation speaks to years of Palestinian propaganda that treats Jews as sub-human.

Sexual abuse continued for hostages, who are on video being groped and humiliated during abductions. In one video, a female hostage begs for her life while the narrator says, “This is one of the Jewish dogs.”

(snip)

We regret having to relate such details, but it is crucial to remember when the understandable human impulse is to forget such horrors. All the more so because the sexual violence by Hamas has been aggressively denied by an antisemitic global left that wants us to forget. Everywhere denial serves the same purpose: to distort Israel’s defensive war as if it were wanton violence. Such deniers prefer anything to reminding the world why Israel has no choice but to fight for its life.

https://www.wsj.com/opinion/hamas-sexual-violence-report-civil-commission-october-7-israel-2e68d781?st=SMjMWv&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

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The report Silence No Moe

https://cc4e0711-9401-400e-ae14-65ae0400675b.filesusr.com/ugd/aab121_882e9391df384e169d29f16c0faefeac.pdf

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The Truth About Hamas (Original Post) question everything 16 hrs ago OP
The Civil Commission's Report on Oct 7th Sexual Violence - Silenced NO More Behind the Aegis 16 hrs ago #1
i've seen a lot of ppl say kristoff's OPINION piece mopinko 8 hrs ago #2
Hamas atrocities were documented by themselves. Using cell phones of victims and question everything 4 hrs ago #3
who can forget? lots of ppl. mopinko 4 hrs ago #4
Absolutely! Mossfern 2 hrs ago #9
they were absolutely ready. the campus protests smelled funny to me at the time. mopinko 2 hrs ago #13
They had the protestors ready to go the next day mcar 2 hrs ago #16
and they sure did. mopinko 2 hrs ago #17
We sure are mcar 2 hrs ago #18
ya know, i was a mod here back on the day. mopinko 2 hrs ago #20
Yes! The whataboutism is strong. Behind the Aegis 1 hr ago #38
As shown on this very thread mcar 1 hr ago #39
K&R betsuni 4 hrs ago #5
Yes. Hamas committed sexual atrocities Oct 7. harumph 4 hrs ago #6
Reasonable people shouldn't dispute the atrocities of Oct 7 sarisataka 3 hrs ago #8
I see more deniers of atrocities by and apologists for Israel than apologists for the atrocities of Hamas at DU. PufPuf23 1 hr ago #29
u have it backwards. mopinko 2 hrs ago #12
If that is the case, then it's very bad journo. harumph 2 hrs ago #19
i mean, who here trusts the nyt these days? mopinko 2 hrs ago #21
K&R Solly Mack 4 hrs ago #7
The truth about Israel. - 78 years of ethnic cleansing malaise 2 hrs ago #10
Are you saying Mossfern 2 hrs ago #11
Answer that re Gaza, Lebanon or the West Bank malaise 1 hr ago #30
propaganda. mopinko 2 hrs ago #15
I literally had a poster here tell me Rob H. 2 hrs ago #24
Yes indeed malaise 1 hr ago #28
Watch this also: Nabka Day: Muhammad Shehada on Israel's Ethnic Cleansing in Gaza & Ongoing Palestinian Resilience Nanjeanne 1 hr ago #33
Kick malaise 1 hr ago #35
Time dulls horrific reality - as does Jew hate mcar 2 hrs ago #14
agree. mopinko 2 hrs ago #22
It is. nt mcar 1 hr ago #25
Big difference between malaise 1 hr ago #36
I still can't get over Hamas terrorists praised as "freedom fighters." betsuni 52 min ago #40
Mandela-like, they were mcar 49 min ago #41
Didn't happen in a vacuum Blue Full Moon 2 hrs ago #23
So does that mean the acts of Oct 7 are justified sarisataka 1 hr ago #26
The conflict in Gaza has been the deadlier for Palestinian journalists there Rob H. 1 hr ago #27
and many of them have turned out to b hamas operatives, mopinko 1 hr ago #31
A good read here malaise 1 hr ago #32
I don't know why it is so hard for some to condemn the atrocities committed by Hamas AND the IDF at the same time. Fil1957 1 hr ago #34
There are at least a few posters on DU, who, even at this late date, Rob H. 1 hr ago #37
No matter how you slice it, there are no "good guys" here. nt Buns_of_Fire 35 min ago #42

mopinko

(73,902 posts)
2. i've seen a lot of ppl say kristoff's OPINION piece
Fri May 15, 2026, 08:01 AM
8 hrs ago

was a calculated attempt to both sides this report.
i honestly dont know who/what to believe any more, but his piece doesnt hold water, imo. mostly hamas sources. full of the same old libels.

question everything

(52,355 posts)
3. Hamas atrocities were documented by themselves. Using cell phones of victims and
Fri May 15, 2026, 11:22 AM
4 hrs ago

posting on their own media. And we all saw the “victory marches” carrying victims to Gaza.

And who can forget Shiri Bibas taken hostages with her two children?

mopinko

(73,902 posts)
4. who can forget? lots of ppl.
Fri May 15, 2026, 11:35 AM
4 hrs ago

the way they had the propaganda queued up the next day was rly something to behold.

Mossfern

(4,763 posts)
9. Absolutely!
Fri May 15, 2026, 01:49 PM
2 hrs ago

I remember being astonished at the immediate "response" by pro Hamas groups with printed signs at the ready.
How did they organize so swiftly? It was heartbreaking for me. There must have been a concerted propaganda machine
in place well before hand.

... and then there's the deniers... in spite of Hamas' generated documentation of the atrocities.

mopinko

(73,902 posts)
13. they were absolutely ready. the campus protests smelled funny to me at the time.
Fri May 15, 2026, 02:02 PM
2 hrs ago

quatar has given tons of money to the very colleges where the protests sprang up.
the whole thing was a set up aimed at defeating joe biden.

mcar

(46,338 posts)
16. They had the protestors ready to go the next day
Fri May 15, 2026, 02:05 PM
2 hrs ago

and so many rubes fell for it. The "pro-Palestine" protests were not pro-Palestine, they were designed to generate hatred of Jews and depress the Democratic vote here.

mopinko

(73,902 posts)
20. ya know, i was a mod here back on the day.
Fri May 15, 2026, 02:10 PM
2 hrs ago

i learned sooo much about the persistent libels of the jews. but they seem to b a deep, dark secret to most ppl, cuz they’re popping up and being swallowed by folks who rly ought to know better. even here.

Behind the Aegis

(56,201 posts)
38. Yes! The whataboutism is strong.
Fri May 15, 2026, 03:09 PM
1 hr ago

Mention anti-Semitism? Discuss ever other form of bigotry! Highlight the atrocities of Hamas? ISRAEL! Denialism and revisionism at its worst.

harumph

(3,408 posts)
6. Yes. Hamas committed sexual atrocities Oct 7.
Fri May 15, 2026, 11:51 AM
4 hrs ago

I don't think most reasonable people dispute that. I certainly don't. However, does this have something to do with the recent NYTimes article about Israel abusing their prisoners? The Japanese in WW2 were notorious abusers of prisoners - there is no argument. We abused prisoners in Abu Ghraib - there is no argument. It is never excusable under any circumstances whether committed by non-state actors or nation states. If recent reports are credible, heads need to roll. Here are two statements: People who act violently toward Jews as if Jewish individuals are a proxy for Israel is classic antisemitism, and "Remember Oct 7" is not the win some seem to think it is. Both are true at the same time.

sarisataka

(22,812 posts)
8. Reasonable people shouldn't dispute the atrocities of Oct 7
Fri May 15, 2026, 01:19 PM
3 hrs ago

but we have deniers here on DU. Their reasoning is that there is no proof, only the word of the alleged victims.

I stand by what I have said previously- All perpetrators of sexual violence should be brought to justice.

PufPuf23

(9,932 posts)
29. I see more deniers of atrocities by and apologists for Israel than apologists for the atrocities of Hamas at DU.
Fri May 15, 2026, 02:31 PM
1 hr ago

Netanyahu's Israel and IDF commit atrocities too.

Israel and the IDF are more single-minded, organized, competent, well-funded, well-armed, and have greater reach and quality in their propaganda.

All perps of sexual violence should be brought to justice.

It is the height of human depravity to sexualize war.

mopinko

(73,902 posts)
12. u have it backwards.
Fri May 15, 2026, 02:00 PM
2 hrs ago

the release date was known in advance. the nyt opinion was designed to ‘both sides’ this report.
the piece is NOT credible. the sources r hamas members, some of whom made previous statements that r much tamer than those quoted in the piece. 1 of the sources was charged w sa in the past.

i dont think israel is perfect, but every crime they commit is front page news, and blown out of proportion.

harumph

(3,408 posts)
19. If that is the case, then it's very bad journo.
Fri May 15, 2026, 02:09 PM
2 hrs ago

I will try and stay on top of this for more information. If however there are Israeli whistleblowers
to corroborate, that's a different story.

mopinko

(73,902 posts)
21. i mean, who here trusts the nyt these days?
Fri May 15, 2026, 02:13 PM
2 hrs ago

esp since this was an opinion piece, not subject to even their lax standards.
they’ve had to walk back quite a few libels since oct 7, and that’s in their news division. there’s no reason to trust them.

Mossfern

(4,763 posts)
11. Are you saying
Fri May 15, 2026, 01:57 PM
2 hrs ago

that his justifies torturing, raping, burning, kidnapping women and babies?
Just what did Hamas accomplish on October 7th?

Black and white thinking is not becoming of anyone.

malaise

(297,834 posts)
30. Answer that re Gaza, Lebanon or the West Bank
Fri May 15, 2026, 02:34 PM
1 hr ago

Answer that re those little girls in Iran.
The lack of condemnation is frightrning.

Rob H.

(5,910 posts)
24. I literally had a poster here tell me
Fri May 15, 2026, 02:19 PM
2 hrs ago

he didn't want to hear about what happened in Palestine before October 7, 2023, as if it's possible in the absence of context to honestly discuss what's happening there.

malaise

(297,834 posts)
28. Yes indeed
Fri May 15, 2026, 02:31 PM
1 hr ago

Chosen history doesn’t work for me or most of my relatives with Jewish blood.
Ethnic cleansing is ethnic cleansing and so are war crimes.

Nanjeanne

(6,636 posts)
33. Watch this also: Nabka Day: Muhammad Shehada on Israel's Ethnic Cleansing in Gaza & Ongoing Palestinian Resilience
Fri May 15, 2026, 02:39 PM
1 hr ago
https://www.democracynow.org/2026/5/15/muhammad_shehada_nakba_day_gaza_palestinians]

Palestinians around the world are marking Nakba Day, 78 years after their forced mass displacement led to the establishment of the Jewish-majority state of Israel. Decades later, Palestinians still face widespread oppression and violence from the Israeli state as it continues its expansionary project. “Israel tried, since 1948 until today, to destroy us as a people, as a group, and they failed at it. Our people are still there, resilient,” says Palestinian writer Muhammad Shehada, who was born in Gaza and now lives in Denmark. Shehada discusses the ongoing process of the Nakba, including its latest intensification after October 7, 2023. “Now this veneer of civility has fallen off. The mask was taken off. And now it’s a matter of national pride in Israel to brag about annihilating Palestinians.”

Shehada also describes current conditions in Gaza — still under Israeli blockade and occupation — and what he calls the “disarmament trap” of unfairly weighted negotiations designed to strip Palestinians of political autonomy. “The 'realistic' proposal that Israel is putting on the table is surrender, capitulate, become fully defenseless, weaponless, and entrust the very army that carried out a genocide against you to be merciful towards you once you are an easier target than you ever were before.”

Finally, he responds to the Israeli government’s recent threat to file a defamation lawsuit against The New York Times, after the paper published a column by longtime opinion writer Nicholas Kristof about systemic sexual abuse against Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons. “It’s the newspaper of record. It’ll be spread and disseminated widely to an American audience,” says Shehada about the allegations levied in Kristof’s piece. “So we see, basically, an Israeli panic attack in return.”


mcar

(46,338 posts)
14. Time dulls horrific reality - as does Jew hate
Fri May 15, 2026, 02:04 PM
2 hrs ago

I'm coming to the conclusion that calling it antisemitism is too bland.

sarisataka

(22,812 posts)
26. So does that mean the acts of Oct 7 are justified
Fri May 15, 2026, 02:23 PM
1 hr ago

Hamas has explicitly said, "Everything we do is justified"

Rob H.

(5,910 posts)
27. The conflict in Gaza has been the deadlier for Palestinian journalists there
Fri May 15, 2026, 02:27 PM
1 hr ago

than any other journalists in any other conflict in history, as well. More than 200 have been systematically targeted and killed, many by drone strikes, air strikes, and shelling.

Edit: and since October 7, 2023, thanks to the IDF, Gaza now has the largest number of child amputees per capita than anywhere else in the world.

Fil1957

(859 posts)
34. I don't know why it is so hard for some to condemn the atrocities committed by Hamas AND the IDF at the same time.
Fri May 15, 2026, 02:50 PM
1 hr ago

It is well documented that both sides have committed at least some atrocities during and since October 7. There is no justification for these acts.

Efforts should be made to bring the perpetrators to justice regardless of what side they're on.

Rob H.

(5,910 posts)
37. There are at least a few posters on DU, who, even at this late date,
Fri May 15, 2026, 02:58 PM
1 hr ago

are denying that genocide and ethnic cleansing are ongoing in Gaza. They'll never honestly condemn the IDF. Count on that.

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