(WASHINGTON, DC) Tennessee’s US Senator Marsha Blackburn (R) and two others, Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.), and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) led a bipartisan group of colleagues in a letter condemning the inaction of the United Nations (UN) regarding Hamas’s widespread sexual violence, including mass rape and mutilation, against women in Israel on October 7, 2023.
In the letter to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, the senators state, “We write to express our profound disappointment with the United Nations’ (UN) response to Hamas’s widespread sexual violence, including rape and mutilation, as a weapon of war against women in Israel on October 7, 2023.”
The senators are asking Guterres to conduct a thorough investigation by the UN’s Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) into reported acts of sexual violence against women and girls by Hamas.
Tennessee Senator Blackburn further explained, “We additionally urge you to hold UN Women, which is a leading UN organization dedicated to ending gender-based violence, accountable for its failure to immediately and unequivocally condemn Hamas’s brutal use of sexual violence.”
CLICK HERE to see the letter to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.
In addition, the female U.S. Senate trio has secured a large bipartisan backing of senators from across the United States. They include: Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Susan Collins (R-Maine), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.), Katie Britt (R-Ala.), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), James Risch (R-Idaho), Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), Bob Casey (D-Pa.), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), John Fetterman (D-Pa.), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Bill Cassidy (R-La.), Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), James Lankford (R-Okla.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Rick Scott (R-Fla.), Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Tim Scott (R-S.C.), Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.).
