"Rape is resistance" - Free Palestine movement slogans and posters

Islam | 7 October 2023 | Alaa & Randa Abdel Fattah | Ashin Wirathu - Buddhist Monk | Battle of Broken Hill 1915 | Charles III and Islam | Francesca & Anthony Albanese | Hate speech laws 2006 | Ilhan Omar | Islamophobia | Justine Damon killing | Life of Muhammad | Muslim Brotherhood in Australia | Pauline & the burqa | Politics | Qur'an quotes | Rape is Resistance | Rational fear of Islam | References | Zorhan Mamdani |

Street poster, New York, March, 2024; Sydney 2025 & Toronto, Canada, 2025.

Contents

  1. Poster horror
  2. Grace Tame's plea
  3. References

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NB: In the following discussion the Free Palestine Movement includes not only non-Muslims from the democratic West and elsewhere, but also the Muslim followers of Islamic ideology. 

1. Poster horror

Early in 2024 two posters began circulating amongst the Free Palestine movement, following on the horrific brutality of the HAMAS invasion of Israel on 7 October 2023 (Robb 2024, Weiss 2026). They are known to have appeared in New York, Toronto, Canada, and Sydney, Australia. The posters reflected the brutality of the invasion and the hatred of the Jewish people and the State of Israel. However, they also carried that hatred on to an even more brutal and barbaric level. Unfortunately, the text was a reflection of the Islamic ideology which had driven such attacks against Jews since the time of Muhammad in 622AD. The posters - one of which is reproduced above, stated the following:

Rape is Resistance - Free Palestine by any means necessary

Babies are occupiers too  - Free Palestine by any means necessary

Source: American Jewish Committee, X, 12 March 2024.

Immediately it was asserted that these posters were designed, printed and distributed by Jewish organisations seeking to besmirch the reputation and intent of the Free Palestine movement. No evidence was ever presented to support this accusation. Therefore, in light of other posters and slogans adopted by the movement, with similar though not as overtly stated intent, that claim should be dismissed. Those other slogans included the following:

From the river to the sea

Globalize the intifada

Kill the Jews 

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2. References

[Babies are Occupiers Too poster], American Jewish Committee, X, 12 March 2024.

[Rape is Resistance poster], Commission of Inquiry into Antisemitism at Australian Universities Bill 2024 (No. 2), Submission 452, Parliament of Australia, Canberra, 23 August 2024.

-----, An absolutely sickening poster, Facebook, 27 August 2025.

Robb, James, Means and Ends in Gaza: A note on the morality of the 7 October massacre, Platypus Review, 170,The Platypus Affiliated Society, 7 October 2024.

Screams before silence: Mass rape on 7 October 2023, Screams before Silence, 26 April 2024, YouTube, duration: 56.55 minutes. [WARNING - EXTREMELY DISTURBING AND VIOLENT]

The appalling tactics of the Free Palestine Movement, New York Times, 2 April 2024.

Wiess, Rebecca Lamb, Martin Sedra and Millicent Sedra, The Truth About Islam, Rebecca Lamb Weiss, YouTube, 7 February 2026, YouTube, duration: 105 minutes.

What happened on October 7, 2023 - Israel HAMAS attack explained [video], Government of Israel, duration: 3 minutes.

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Islam | 7 October 2023 | Alaa & Randa Abdel Fattah | Ashin Wirathu - Buddhist Monk | Battle of Broken Hill 1915 | Charles III and Islam | Francesca & Anthony Albanese | Hate speech laws 2006 | Ilhan Omar | Islamophobia | Justine Damon killing | Life of Muhammad | Muslim Brotherhood in Australia | Pauline & the burqa | Politics | Qur'an quotes | Rape is Resistance | Rational fear of Islam | References | Zorhan Mamdani |

Last updated: 14 February 2023

Michael Organ, Australia

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