Abuse

'Ritual sexual abuse' of minors: Senior religious Zionist rabbi warns of ‘social narcissism’

Medan said the alleged perpetrators are not strangers but people who may be embedded in daily community life, including in synagogues and shared religious study settings.

Rabbi Yaakov Medan speaks during a protest against the planned eviction of the outpost of Amona, in front of the Israeli parliament on January 30, 2017.
 The Hadassah Ein Karem hospital in Jerusalem. January 15, 2017.

Suspect arrested for indecent acts on patients at Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital

A court hall in the Nof haGalil court during an the extension of the suspects in a security case which is under a gag order. January 7, 2025.

Courts hand down sentences, prosecutors file indictment in three serious sexual offense cases

Romi Gonen (R) and mother Meirav Leshem-Gonen (L) embracing following Gonen's return from Hamas's terror captivity.

'I'll carry this my entire life. You can't heal': Ex-hostage Romi Gonen discusses her trauma


Hostage's mother faces online abuse over son’s Hamas captivity

Einav Zangauker, mother of Hamas-held hostage Matan, faces online attacks accusing her of prolonging his captivity, as the Hostage Families Forum condemns the abuse.

 Natali Zangauker (left,) sister of Israeli hostage Matan Zangauker, and their mother Einav Zangauker (right) arrive for a police investigation in Tel Aviv, May 1, 2024.

Australian man charged for calling org and making antisemitic comments

"If you engage in antisemitic conduct, you will be investigated and prosecuted to the full extent of the law."

 A police vehicle with a smashed windshield is seen after police held back an angry mob following a stabbing at Christ The Good Shepherd Church in the suburb of Wakeley in Sydney, Australia, April 15, 2024.

Family of released hostage Ofer Kalderon receives online abuse since his return

Sharon Kalderon denounced hate messages she received after her brother-in-law Ofer’s release from Hamas captivity, urging unity amid ongoing tensions.

 Released hostage Ofer Kalderon reunites with his four children after being released in the Gaza ceasefire deal, February 1, 2025

Ex-hostage Ofer Kalderon's relatives testify to physical, mental abuse

Freed Israeli hostage Ofer Kalderon faced physical and mental abuse in Hamas captivity, including beatings, isolation, and restrictions on basic needs, his relatives revealed.

 Ofer Kalderon embraces family after his release from Hamas captivity, February 1, 2025.

Total of 33 women now accuse France's Abbé Pierre of sexual violence, including incest

An investigation reveals abuse spanning from the 1960s to the 2000s, with cases in France and abroad.

 Abbé Pierre. Image by Studio Harcourt Paris in 1999, licensed with Cc-by-3.0.

We must not let violence against women fly under the radar amid war - opinion

The current reality cannot continue. We must act together, empower women, and demand real change in the Arab sector and throughout Israeli society.

 Abuse (illustrative)

Shirel Golan's brother says she was abused in hospital months before her death

Eyal, Shirel’s brother, claimed she was beaten a few months before she took her own life at the Lev Hasharon Psychiatric Hospital.

 FAMILY AND FRIENDS attend the funeral of Shirel Golan in Tel Mond on Monday.

Review reveals decades of child abuse by monk on Caldey Island

Victims were met with 'denial, suspicion, and a pervasive assumption that they were lying,' review states.

 Caldey Abbey, Caldey Island, Wales, UK, May, 14 2018.

Al Jazeera condemns Palestinian Authority after reporter arrested, beaten in West Bank - report

The arrest reportedly occured when Jaar arrived to file a complaint against a Palestinian officer, alleging that the officer assaulted him following Israel’s airstrike on Tulkarm.

 Al Jazeera correspondent Laith Jaar

Dealing with the Dark Triad: How to cope with people incapable of love

Members of the Dark Triad are incapable of experiencing love. Yet, they are highly adept at presenting a fake show of love to worm their way into people’s hearts or bank accounts.

 The interior of a bomb shelter at Kibbutz Mefalsim in which people were killed while they sought refuge during the October 7 attack by Hamas terrorists.