The World Union of Jewish Students is shocked and outraged at the rape of a 12-year-old girl in France and the antisemitic assault she had to endure while being gang raped by three boys—aged 12 and 13.
Initiated by her ex-boyfriend and under a false claim of “avenging Palestine”, these boys lured her into a shed, beat her up, and raped her. The young ex-boyfriend justified the disgusting assault on the basis that she had been hiding her true self, the thing she hid was simply her Jewish identity. This group of boys then did unspeakable things whilst calling her a “dirty Jew”.
We find it redundant to say that rape is never resistance, and we are appalled at the current state of our world where we have the need to remind people of this.
WUJS also condemns the silence of feminist, social justice and human rights groups. Their failure to condemn this violence starkly contrats with their advocacy mission.
We demand immediate action from French authorities to ensure stronger protections for the Jewish community.
Our thoughts are with the young victim and her family during this traumatic time.
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