Human rights activist Vasfije Krasniqi Goodman, a survivor of sexual violence during the Kosovo war and one of the world's leading voices against wartime sexual violence, has arrived in Israel for a solidarity visit.
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Krasniqi was invited by the Shurat HaDin organization to witness the atrocities committed by the Hamas terror organization on Oct. 7. During her visit, Krasniqi visited the Knesset, met with lawmakers, toured Israeli towns bordering Gaza and the site of the Nova music festival.
Ahead of her arrival, Krasniqi said, "I feel honored and privileged to answer Shurat HaDin's call to come to Israel to show my support and my sympathy to the victims of Hamas' crimes. It was completely unfair that the international community has turned its back to Israeli women and men who fell victims to such terrible crimes for so much time … People that are capable of such atrocities are a risk to their own citizens as much as they are to others".
Nitsana Darshan Leitner, founder and president of Shurat HaDin said, "Vasfije's visit to Israel is a brave act by a brave woman. It took months for the international community to even begin to face the terrible truth of the events of Oct. 7. But more importantly, we still do not see decisive actions by governments, the UN, women rights organizations, the International Red Cross and other organizations against Hamas, which is still holding Israeli hostages that we know are being assaulted in captivity as we speak. We hope that Vasfije's visit will help raise awareness to these atrocities, the need to prosecute Hamas Nukhba terrorists for the War Crimes of sexual assaults and to the need to unroot the Hamas' rapists from Gaza."
