Why are Israeli soldiers raping Palestinian men?
Something has gone wrong with the Israeli military, and its soldiers are out of control
Are any of you paying attention to the stories appearing in the media and on social media about Israeli soldiers raping Palestinian men? When I first heard about Israeli soldiers going on a rape spree, I thought they were raping Palestinian women. The rape of women during wartime is a known phenomenon and seems to happen regularly. There have been some rapes of Palestinian women by Israeli soldiers.
However, on closer examination, I discovered some of these Israeli soldiers are raping Palestinian men, not women. This strikes me as odd, to say the least. Worse, the Israeli government under Benjamin Netanyahu doesn’t seem to be doing much about it.
What is the motivation behind this behavior, aside from some sort of sexual gratification? It seems bizarre to me that these Israeli soldiers are doing this in the first place. They don’t seem to understand the concept of honor and seem unaware of the disgrace such behavior brings to their military and their country.
Here’s a video report on on…