Michal Herzog at the Herzliya Conference advocated for female representation in hostage negotiations amid concern over Hamas's brutal assaults detailed in a recent report.
Both Herzog and Sandberg have made it a mission to promote global awareness of the sexual violence, murders, kidnapping, and other atrocities perpetrated by Hamas on and since October 7, 2023.
Israeli women have been at the forefront of presenting the realities of the Oct. 7 atrocities on the global stage, and no one has been a more prominent advocate for Israeli women than Michal Herzog.
Michal Herzog said that Israeli and Jewish women felt "betrayed by the deafening silence" of human and women's rights organizations around the world, which chose not to respond to or address Oct.7.
Lipstadt said that she was “amazed” how far the denial of Hamas’s sexual violence reached and other October 7 atrocities.
In a call to action, Under-Secretary Patten urged survivors, families of victims, and witnesses to break the silence, emphasizing that silence only empowers the perpetrators.
The conversation revolved around the realities of the war with Hamas, the lack of world response to the violence against Israeli women, and her priorities as first lady at a time of great need.
Israel's students and their parents and leaders all went back to school on Friday, kicking off the 2023-2024 school year.
Herzog, the wife of President Isaac Herzog, met Zelenska at the coronation of England's King Charles III earlier this year.
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