Domestic violence in Israel

WIZO warns in annual report of rising teen dating violence, nat’l data breakdown

The findings reveal the depth of a crisis that WIZO says now begins in adolescence and extends into adulthood, while policymakers remain largely in the dark.

A WIZO report points at rising teen dating violence. (Ilustration)
 Names of women murdered by their husbands hang on billboards in Jerusalem on June 16, 2020, as part of protest actions to raise awareness of violence against women.

Femicide in Israel on the rise, particularly among Jewish-Israeli women

Woman in distress.

Comptroller: Israel slow in fight against domestic abuse because of lack definition for violence

Inside the Knesset building.

Bill to expand loss of guardianship for abusive parents passes first reading


19-year-old pop singer blamed for sustaining rape culture by MK

Others have claimed that the video, provocative as it may be, doesn't do anything that wasn't done countless times before.

Adi Bity

Thousands protest violence against women across Israel after murders

"If there were two people killed this week by terrorism the earth would shake."

Protest against violence against women in Jerusalem

Two men suspected of murdering spouse

A separate woman was found beaten to death shortly after, husband attempted suicide.

Israel police arrive at the scene of a suspected spousal murder and attempted suicide in Beersheva. 19.10.2020

Israel's pitiful politics amid the coronavirus pandemic

Why should Deri do anything different than what he sees happening in Netanyahu’s consecutive governments since the virus reached Israel?

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Shas chairman Aryeh Deri.

Chief rabbi: Awareness of domestic violence necessary in our community

He announced that there are a number of aid organizations for women that are suffering in their own homes from physical and verbal abuse. "Call on them when it is needed," he said.

Chief rabbi David Lau

Woman attacked by husband regains consciousness, shares new details

"She called me a few minutes before it all happened and screamed - 'I can't take this any longer, I'm leaving! He's hitting me, he won't let me leave, help!'"

Abuse illustrative

Knesset holds talk on rise of domestic violence during coronavirus crisis

"This isn't domestic violence: This is terror in the home."

Parents of Maya Vishniyak during the Labor and Welfare Committee's Domestic Violence discussion

Pregnant woman dies at Soroka Medical Center after husband beat her

The woman was brain-dead from Friday and succumbed to her injuries on Saturday night.

Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba

We must prevent the murder of Israel's women from domestic violence

It is well known that the phenomenon of domestic violence cuts across the spectrum of society from rich to poor, religious to secular, Jew, Muslim and Christian.

A Magen David Adom ambulance; illustrative.

Man who murdered wife suspected of hiding body for several days

Igor Chepikov was seen telling his friends that he had murdered his wife several days before reporting it to the police while visibly drunk.

Abuse illustrative