Domestic violence in Israel

Rape survivors offer chilling testimonies of police, court negligence in Knesset committee hearing

"I filed a report with the police at the age of 17 against my father, who raped me," said one survivor. "The case was closed due to lack of evidence."

Committee Chairman Meirav Cohen leads status of Women and Gender Equality committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem on February 24, 2026.
A WIZO report points at rising teen dating violence. (Ilustration)

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

 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


With domestic violence rising amid COVID-19, what will the gov't do?

SOCIAL AFFAIRS: ‘You ignore some of the warning signs’

ACTIVISTS PROTEST against recent cases of violence against women at Habima Square in Tel Aviv last week.

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.