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Anna Liedtke, a 25-year-old German journalist and activist with the Freedom Flotilla Coalition, has publicly revealed that she experienced sexual assault while held by 'Israeli' forces.

Liedtke, who was aboard the vessel Conscience attempting to break the naval blockade of Gaza, said she was raped during a transfer between 'Israeli' prisons.

The journalist described her detention as lasting five days following the interception of the ship. She stated that the assault occurred while being transferred from Ktzi’ot to Givon prison during routine strip searches.

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[-] ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world 55 points 3 months ago

I feel really bad for every Westerner trying to do something good for the world, they must feel like abandoned pariahs.

[-] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 37 points 3 months ago
[-] ryannathans@aussie.zone 40 points 3 months ago

Adult men and children are constantly reporting they are being raped by soldiers and literal rape dogs at the hands of Israelis so it's very much an everyone problem and not a women's problem as she mentions

[-] Fancy_Gecko@lemmy.ml 26 points 3 months ago

israelis dont show mercy to other israelis , let alone foreigners

[-] dogbert@lemmy.zip 11 points 3 months ago

Now that it’s happened to a white European, it will be taken more seriously.

[-] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 18 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I don't think so, she's German, and Germany is perfectly ok with harrassing even white German Jews for antizionism. Also i remember when Israel bulldozed white woman to death or attacked US Navy ship several times including strafing the lifeboats, and nothing official happened.

[-] linkerbaan@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 months ago

So far there has been zero Western media coverage of this.

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