The IDF is being criticized because it doesn't rape enough women:

The next sentence delineates the particular goals that are realized in this manner: "In the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, it can be seen that the lack of military rape merely strengthens the ethnic boundaries and clarifies the inter-ethnic differences - just as organized military rape would have done."

The paper further theorizes that Arab women in Judea and Samaria are not raped by IDF soldiers because the women are de-humanized in the soldiers' eyes.

No, it couldn't possibly be that that the Israeli government (like Jews everywhere) abhors rape, and that Israeli soldiers are discouraged from raping women, and punished when they do.

Either way, in the minds of the anti-semites in academia, they can't win.

[Update before bed]

I continue to be boggled by this. Refusing to rape women? Just how evil can you get?

[Thursday morning update]

Jeez... What is it about the self-hating Israeli left and its rape fantasies?

Contacted by the Jewish Week, Laundau confirmed the statements, but said his views had been delivered “with much more sophistication.” He admitted: “I did say that in general, Israel wants to be raped — I did use that word — by the U.S., and I myself have long felt Israel needed more vigorous U.S. intervention in the affairs of the Middle East.”

I think these people need to be on a couch. Not so they can be raped, though.

I think (with no evidence except my own incredulity) that this is actually a hoax.

But if it isn't a hoax, I think that it is clear that you don't criticize crazy leftist thinking like this more often (and you could do it more often) because you are trying to strengthen partisan boundries and clarify existing inter-party differences, just as organized criticism of crazy leftist thinkers would have done. Clearly, you are dehumanizing leftists. Shame, shame on you.

Fortunately, you need not do anything. The distinction between crazy leftists and the merely leftist need not be emphasized, because the crazies are doing a good enough job by themselves.

Am I to understand, then, that disorganized civilian rape isn't good enough for them, it has to be organized and military?

Either way, in the minds of the anti-semites in academia, they can't win.

In this instance, in the mind of a Jewish Israeli anti-Semite at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.
Someone needs to tell the Knesset that HUJI has been taken over by leftist pigs.

In this instance, in the mind of a Jewish Israeli anti-Semite at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem.

Yes, apparently (as is much of the left) a self hater.

The Truth is stranger than fiction.

You couldn't make this stuff up if you *tried*.

Happy New Year Rand and everyone!

The Izzy's Ward Churchill had been found perhaps?

It sounds like the author would be in favor of including, as part of the training of the IDF, a few courses on the benefits of organized rape. Then the Palestinians could be raped on an organized basis and not be so dehumanized.

What a world.

In fact, rape as a military tactic was popular with the Red Army and Saddam's Iraq. If you make common cause with those two groups, you are halfway home.

Just when you think that there might be a chance to get beyond the partisan divide a leftist will actually open their mouth and say something and you realize (again) that a mind is a terrible thing to waste.

By the way, I just heard about the assassination in Pakistan. Does anybody agree with me that we can thank Jimmy Carter for all of this? If he would have stuck with the Shaw of Iran this radical movement may have been contained. Or would it have just put off the inevitable?

Happy New Year, it's gonna be wild.

And I thought rape was dehumanizing...

On a different tack, I am amazed at the number of males of our species who don't find a screaming woman to be a sexual turnoff.

On a different tack, I am amazed at the number of males of our species who don't find a screaming woman to be a sexual turnoff.

Well, for me, it depends on why she's screaming.

Come on Rand, quit dreaming...

quit dreaming...

No brag, just fact, Lisa. ;-)

"In the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, it can be seen that the lack of military rape merely strengthens the ethnic boundaries and clarifies the inter-ethnic differences - just as organized military rape would have done."

Read more carefully, guys. He's not calling for organized military rape; he's saying that organized raping and not raping have the same effect!

(One wonders what he thinks the effect of disorganized, informal rape would be, I suppose. Except one doesn't actually wonder, because this is farkin' stupid.

This is why, when I'm world dictator, the critical theory and "____ studies" departments at the universities will be turned into figurative leper colonies. Ship 'em all off somewhere they can't hurt anyone, and let them theorise in peaceful isolation. Madagascar, maybe.)

Sigivald is correct, this statement is the nugget:""In the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, it can be seen that the lack of military rape merely strengthens the ethnic boundaries and clarifies the inter-ethnic differences - just as organized military rape would have done."

IN other words, don't act in a civilized manner, you'll make the barbarians (I'm sorry, the desolate fellows that deserve a state) seem evil by comparison.

Funny how another of the left's darlings, the U.N., seems to have a rather substatial rape problem wherever they go.

Leftists, can we question their humanity now?

Leftists, can we question their humanity now?

I don't know about that, but we can now question their sanity without debate.

If ever there was a classic example of "damned if you do, and damned if you don't," this would be it...

What's going on here is simple. American leftists fantasize about getting the US Supreme Court to impose the leftists' agenda on America. Similarly, Israeli leftists fantasize about getting the USA and EU to impose the Israeli leftist agenda on Israel.

I never question their humanity on April 15.

Rape? About 20 years ago there was a Palestian movie making the rounds of "art" theaters in which some Palis rape a female Israeli soldier. The movie portrayed this as a good thing...and no "progressive" reviewer expressed any misgivings about it. I think the left has rape fantasies on many levels.