State of Palestine Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates

State of Palestine Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Gender Based Violence As we Speak, the Israeli colonial forces continuous genocidal acts on Gaza, including the deliberate targeting of Palestinian women and children underscores a systemic pattern of gender- based violence. [...] Israel States “we must unequivilly condemn all acts of Gender based violence as method of war fare “We wonder if they condemn the following: On the 19th of this month, a statement issued by Several UN experts conveyed their distress over credible reports that Palestinian women and girls in detention have been subjected to multiple forms of sexual assault, such as being stripped naked and searched. [...] Palestinian women, in particular who were taken hostages by the Israeli Occupation forces and are in the Israeli detention centers, have been subjected to appalling acts of sexual harassment, threats of rape, denied menstruation pads, and degrading strip searches, often conducted in front of their family members during house invasions. [...] After deeming the allegations to be credible, the State Department passed the information to the Israeli government, who instead of opening an investigation and solving the matter, told the IDF to raid the DCIP, confiscating all of their computers, and labeling them as a terrorist organization, effectively ending any potential reaching of justice. [...] And end the irresponsible trade of conventional arms to the OP and its diversion to the Israeli settler groups, it is crucial to take effective steps to halt the supply of arms to colonial occupying forces engaged in systematic serious violations of international law.