Dr. Cochav Elkayam-Levy On the sexual violence of October 7

About this episode

The episode discusses the Civil Commission's report on the sexual violence and atrocities committed on October 7, featuring insights from Dr. Cochav Elkayam-Levy.

Two and a half years after October 7th, the Civil Commission on October 7th Crimes by Hamas Against Women and Children has published its comprehensive report — 300 pages of meticulously corroborated evidence documenting what was done to women, men, children, and hostages on that day and in captivity since. This week, Yonit and Jonathan speak with Dr. Cochav Elkayam-Levy, the founder and chair of the Commission, 2024 Israel Prize laureate, and expert in international law and human rights — the woman who spent more than two years immersed in 10,000 photographs and videos and 430 testimonies so the world could not look away. They discuss what the evidence reveals about the scale and calculated nature of the atrocities, why so many feminist organisations around the world fell silent, the new legal concept of “kinocide” that the Commission had to coin because no existing term could capture what had happened to families — and what it means that the person who stared deepest into this abyss still believes in peace.

People in this episode

Hosts: Yonit, Jonathan

Guest: Dr. Cochav Elkayam-Levy

Topics covered

• sexual violence
• Hamas
• human rights
• October 7
• feminism
• atrocities
• kinocide

Keywords

• October 7
• Hamas
• sexual violence
• human rights
• kinocide
• atrocities
• feminist organizations
• testimonies
• evidence
• peace

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Civil Commission on October 7th Crimes by Hamas Against Women and Children, 2024 Israel Prize

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