
On October 7, women were systematically targeted by Hamas. Now, Prof. Ruth Halperin-Kaddari, a UN insider and legal scholar, reveals why the world — including leading women's rights organizations — stayed silent.She co-authored the Dina Project’s explosive report, which shows: Gang rape and genital mutilation across multiple sites; Assaults against hostages that continued in captivity; A coordinated, intentional use of sexual violence as a weapon of war.This episode of East to West is more than a conversation — it’s a confrontation with the global failure to stand with victims of gender-based war crimes.