UN rapporteur slams Israel for killing ‘Palestinian women in thousands’
10/31/2025 12:07:41 PM
Israel’s attacks in Palestine have normalised atrocities worldwide, according to a UN expert.
“What happens in Palestine does not stay in Palestine,” UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women Reem Alsalem said during a UN briefing on Palestinian rights.
“The killing of Palestinian women and girls in the thousands, and the infliction of horrors on them, is really the most defining moment that declares that the world no longer cares,” said Alsalem.
She said the situation has been so normalised “that no one now bats an eyelid about what is happening to women and girls in conflict and crisis elsewhere”.
Alsalem acknowledged that the scale of atrocities defies existing frameworks.
“The current legal terminology, the concepts and the legal frameworks that we have are inadequate in front of the monstrosity and the scale and the horrors of what Palestinians have been going through,” she said.
“What happens in Palestine does not stay in Palestine,” UN Special Rapporteur on violence against women Reem Alsalem said during a UN briefing on Palestinian rights.
“The killing of Palestinian women and girls in the thousands, and the infliction of horrors on them, is really the most defining moment that declares that the world no longer cares,” said Alsalem.
She said the situation has been so normalised “that no one now bats an eyelid about what is happening to women and girls in conflict and crisis elsewhere”.
Alsalem acknowledged that the scale of atrocities defies existing frameworks.
“The current legal terminology, the concepts and the legal frameworks that we have are inadequate in front of the monstrosity and the scale and the horrors of what Palestinians have been going through,” she said.