Sexual assault

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.
 (ILLUSTRATIVE) A military helicopter conducting a rescue operation off the Bat Yam coastline in central Israel, May 16, 2025.

Teenage girl targeted by repeat sex offender at Bat Yam beach despite IPS 'surveillance'

This photograph taken in Le-Perreux-sur-Marne, outside Paris on February 9, 2026 shows undated pictures provided by the US Department of Justice on January 30, 2026 as part of the Jeffrey Epstein files.

New Mexico approves comprehensive probe of Epstein’s Zorro Ranch

Airplanes at the Ben Gurion International airport. February 11, 2026.

Suspect arrested at airport ahead of departure after allegedly raping teen on Jewish Agency trip


Former flight attendant pleaded guilty for recording minors in airplane bathrooms

The former flight attendant is now facing up to 20 years in prison and was charged with attempted sexual exploitation of children.

 American Airlines

Israeli woman gang raped in India, friend killed after being thrown into the river - report

A 27-year-old Israeli woman was reportedly gang raped, as was her female traveling companion, as her friend drowned in a nearby river.

Police officers patrol the perimeters on the day farmers march towards New Delhi to press for better crop prices promised to them in 2021, at the Shambhu barrier, a border crossing between Punjab and Haryana states, India, December 6, 2024 (illustrative)

Protesters support Kim Arad in her bid to keep sex offending psychologist behind bars

Arad was called to speak before a parole committee to explain why Carmi should serve the full three-year and three-month sentence he was given in August of 2022.

 Kim Arad speaking with Michal Danino Hacohen

More than half of Israeli universities fail to report sexual harassment complaints

The report found that some universities have only one staff member handling thousands of sexual harassment cases.

 An aerial view shows the Dome of the Rock in front and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, in Jerusalem, April 26, 2023.

Knesset slam delay in rape kit preservation law

While some 6,500 sex offense cases were opened in these years, the police representative could not say how many of them were rape cases.

 View of a DNA kit during a press conference at La Rochelle tribunal, western France, on April 14, 2014; illustrative.

The October 7 massacre’s invisible victims: Time to recognize survivors of sexual trauma - opinion

The government must act now, allocating resources and ensuring that survivors of sexual violence receive the support they deserve.

 Demonstrators walk through downtown Jerusalem in the city's fourth annual SlutWalk to protest rape culture, in June 2022.

Man of fear: Indictment filed against man who claimed supernatural powers to commit abuse

Investigators claim that the assailant would stare down his opponents in the courtroom in a "case unlike any other."

 Avraham Alok, who claimed to have supernatural abilities to take advantage of women and others.

Police arrest 28 suspects for sex offenses against minors

As part of the operation, officers posed as young teenagers on social media platforms, including Instagram and WhatsApp, to lure potential suspects. 

 WhatsApp

The Jewish community shouldn't sing Peter Yarrow’s songs - and here's why - opinion

Peter Yarrow was convicted, served time in jail, received a presidential pardon and explicitly acknowledged and apologized, albeit weakly, for his actions.

Peter Yarrow holds a guitar with a set list taped to it during a performance at City Vineyard in New York City, Jan. 9, 2018.

Knesset committee changes definition of rape to protect men

Fixing the law is not only a historic correction, it is "incredibly healing," a victim of sexual assault said, thanking the committee.

Sad person in tunnel (illustrative)