MELBOURNE – A Jewish woman who said she had been molested repeatedly by her former principal called on Israel to extradite the education professional back to their native Australia.
A new initiative called DinVcheshbon, or Settling the Score in Hebrew, has been launched to encourage victims of sexual assault in the Haredi community to come forward and demand compensation from sex offenders and individuals who supported their attackers or helped silence their offenses.
The arrest Monday of 22 ultra-Orthodox suspects on sexual offenses allegedly committed over the past two years against juveniles and women comes at a time of major change in the attitude of the Haredi public regarding the handling of sexual offenses.
The Israel Prison Service parole board on Thursday rejected former president Moshe Katsav’s appeal for early parole from his seven-year jail sentence for rape.
There are serious concerns over former President Moshe Katzav’s emotional state following the rejection on Wednesday of his parole request.
Former president Moshe Katsav, who is currently serving a prison sentence after he was convicted of rape, officially submitted a request for a pardon to President Reuven Rivlin on Sunday.
Brig. Gen. Ofek Buchris maintained his innocence as he appeared in a Tel Aviv military court on Thursday, at the start of a trial in which he is accused of committing 16 sexual offenses against two women, including three counts of rape.
A 24-year-old female transgender inmate at the Neveh Tirtzah women’s prison filed a petition with the Lod District Court on Thursday challenging her placement in isolation wing, claiming that it is only as a result of her transgender identity.
A PRINCIPAL accused of molesting students at an ultra-orthodox Jewish school has claimed through her lawyer she is psychotic in her latest attempt to fight her extradition to Melbourne.
A Former IDF general convicted of sexual offenses admitted wrongdoing during a sentencing hearing Tuesday morning, with judges deciding to delay a decision until next month.
