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Where are the feminists

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The video transcript highlights a severe humanitarian crisis facing women in Palestine, characterizing their suffering not merely as genocide against physical bodies but as an ethnic cleansing targeting future generations. The speaker points out that Palestinian women are increasingly unable to give birth due to the ongoing conflict, effectively erasing an entire generation before it can exist. Statistical evidence is presented to support this claim, noting a dramatic decline in births in Gaza from 57,000 in 2022 to just 30,000 in 2024, with a further catastrophic drop of 67% occurring between December 2025 and April 2026. This sharp decrease is attributed to a concerted effort involving bombardments, severe restrictions on resources, and the lack of essential food and medical aid, all of which make the experience of childbirth miserable and unattainable for many women. Beyond the statistics, the transcript describes the harrowing daily realities faced by women in both Gaza and the West Bank, where checkpoints serve as sites of extreme danger and humiliation. Reports indicate that women are held at these checkpoints for hours, leading to tragic instances of births occurring in transit, severe hemorrhaging, and high rates of miscarriage caused by stress and violence. The constant fear and exposure to aggression from Israeli forces and settlers create a hostile environment that directly impacts maternal health. These conditions violate fundamental human rights, as the speaker argues that the systematic denial of safe childbirth and the induction of extreme stress constitute a clear definition of genocide and ethnic cleansing under international law. The discussion then shifts to the role of global organizations and the specific mission of the Center for Reproductive Rights, which advocates for respectful, quality maternal health care free from discrimination, coercion, and violence regardless of nationality or location. The speaker contrasts these stated principles with the organization's apparent silence regarding the situation in Palestine, noting that despite their clear mission statements applicable to Palestinian women, there is a conspicuous absence of information about the crisis on their website. This perceived inaction raises questions about whether such global bodies are truly upholding their commitments when faced with the specific atrocities occurring under Israeli occupation and genocide. Finally, the transcript calls for feminists in the West to acknowledge the sexual abuse and violence happening in Palestine and to align their actions with these realities. It references a significant 150-page report by the new Palestinian feminist collective, which documents decades of sexual violence from 1948 to the present day. The speaker urges Western feminists to examine this documentation and recognize that the work done for other groups must extend to Palestine as well. The overarching conclusion is that true feminist solidarity requires acknowledging these specific abuses and supporting Palestinian women who are fighting not only for their own survival but for the right of future generations to be born into a world free from such systematic destruction.
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Women in Palestine are experiencing not even just genocide to their own physical bodies, but this is ethnic cleansing and genocide to a generation that we don't even that we don't even know can exist yet because Palestine women are not are not being able to give birth. This is like generations worth of genocide and ethnic cleansing. Um and whenever you look at the numbers, it's very obvious. In 2022, Gaza reported 57,000 births. In 2024, just 1 year after Israel's genocidal campaign began, the birth rate dropped as to a staggering 30,000 births. And then from December 2025 to April 2026, so just in the span of 6 month months, that birth rate from 38,000 declined by 67%. So you're obviously seeing a concerted effort by Israel. Um you're seeing this with the bombardments, you're seeing this with the lack of resources, with the with the restrictions everywhere, with the lack of food and humanitarian aid and medical aid coming into Gaza. Like this is obviously a part of their plan is to make Palestinian women's experience with birth so completely miserable and unattainable now that like there's a whole generation of Palestinians that are not being able to even be born. Um and that is definition-wise genocide and and ethnic cleansing. There are a lot of women in the West Bank that are held for hours at the checkpoints. We've heard so many reports of women having to give birth at checkpoints, um bleeding out at checkpoints, um and the miscarriage rates are also going high because uh because of the restrictions and also because life in Palestine is just generally so stressful. You're constantly faced with fear and violence whether that's at the hands of the IOF or Israeli settlers. The Center for Reproductive Rights is a global organization that works for upholding um, re- reproductive and maternal health in the court of law. So, some of their mission statements are this, and I quote, um, "Everyone has a right to respectful, quality maternal health care. This right applies to all, no matter their race, ethnicity, nationality, immigration status, geographic location, or financial situation. This care should be accessible and free from discrimination, coercion, and violence." So, you obviously we see these mission statements and you think, "Okay, this can very much well be applied to Palestinian women and the experiences that they that they go through under Israeli occupation and genocide." And then you go on their website, you keep looking, you keep digging, there is absolutely nothing on this organization's website about what's happening. General demands of feminists in with Palestine is to acknowledge the sexual abuse and violence in Palestine. We want to look at the work that they have done, um, and say that say that they do the same for Palestine. Um, to cite the new Palestinian feminist collective report, it's, uh, like around a 150-page, um, documentation of sexual violence in Palestine from 1948 to now. To acknowledge the sexual abuse and violence in Palestine.