Opinion

On December 19, the Vaucluse criminal court delivered its verdict. All those who appeared in this extraordinary trial were found guilty, but with the exception of Dominique Pelicot, who was sentenced to 20 years in prison, the 51 co-defendants saw their sentences significantly reduced compared to what was recommended by the prosecution.

With the fall of the Assad regime and the rise of the hardline armed opposition, fundamental questions have emerged about the freedoms of people in general and women in particular. The reassurances of the Military Operations Department led by Ahmed al-Sharaa (aka Abu Mohammad al-Jolani) were not enough, and many women still fear harsh rule.

More than one million people have been displaced in Lebanon, having left their homes to seek safety amid the escalation of military tensions and Israeli threats, especially after the assassination of Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah in the heart of Dahye, the southern suburbs of Beirut. This momentous event spread more terror and anxiety among the population given that it came along with tense Israeli threats to continue bombing more targets.

For us in Gaza there’s no difference between morning and night. Death is continuous, 24 hours a day, in all five governorates. The genocide has been ongoing for 210 days.

Impunity legitimizes the unspeakable and renders it acceptable despite the incredulity it evokes when we think of the victims, who are just people, like us. If it is being allowed for all these people to be killed with no accountability, what really is the value of human life?

Since the beginning of the war in Gaza on October 7, 2023, Medfeminiswiya has decided to convey the stories of women, activists, and correspondents from the heart of Gaza. To make their voices heard, to deceive the looming depression, but above all, to give personal narratives the importance they deserve. Rola Abou Hashem, a journalist and correspondent for Radio "Nisaa FM," tells us about her daily life under the bombs.

We will not forget, and we will not forgive. We will not forget that some women were in support of a bloody occupation at the expense of an occupied and oppressed people. Nor will we forget, when these women open up in the future about how men make wars, seize lands, and exploit women, that they once supported the most heinous killing machine in history.

Today, we rely first and foremost on decentralized organizations that build bridges and dialogue among themselves, challenging the major institutions that preach to us night and day about things that they themselves have no regard for whatsoever. We count on them not to get tired of persevering in their transnational solidarity, in hopes that those forced into isolation not remain so isolate

The findings are unforgiving, but nothing regarding the widespread violence committed against women ever changes.

Since the beginning of the war in Gaza on October 7, 2023, Medfeminiswiya has decided to convey the stories of women, activists, and correspondents from the heart of Gaza. To make their voices heard, to deceive the looming depression, but above all, to give personal narratives the importance they deserve. Rola Abou Hashem, a journalist and correspondent for Radio "Nisaa," tells us about her daily life under the bombs.