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


Jewish Agency and ELI partner to protect new immigrant teens

ELI and the Jewish Agency team up to educate immigrant teens on abuse prevention through theater and discussions at absorption center

Over 400 teenagers in grades 7–11 will watch ELI's theatrical production

Director of new film of post-war housewife: Women often don't know how strong they are

CORTELLESI said that the character of Delia was inspired by stories she heard from her grandmother and great-grandmother about women of that generation.

 PAOLA CORTELLESI in Haifa last year.

IDF top attorney calls 10 terrorists to verify sexual abuse charges against guards at Sde Teiman

There are 74 incidents of alleged abuse of some thousands of Palestinian detainees who passed through Sdei Teiman which are being probed.

Soldiers lock a gate from the inside at Sde Teiman detention facility, after Israeli military police arrived at the site as part of an investigation into the suspected abuse of a Palestinian detainee, near Beersheba, in southern Israel, July 29, 2024.

'Learn to be grateful': 22 ways bad therapists defend abusers to victims

Therapists often encourage victims to pamper, protect, pity, and even praise abusers! Their goal is: “Maintain relationships at all costs.”

 Abuse (illustrative)

The investigation into Sde Teiman didn't need a fanfare - opinion

The Israeli military didn’t need to make a spectacle out of its response to alleged prisoner abuse. So why did it?

Palestinians seen detained at the Sde Teiman Military Base in Israel's North

Palestinian prisoner group demands international inquiry into abuse allegations

The association calls for an international inquiry into detainee abuse in Israeli jails since the start of the war in Gaza, amid backlash over an Israeli investigation. ​​

Soldiers lock a gate from the inside at Sde Teiman detention facility, after Israeli military police arrived at the site as part of an investigation into the suspected abuse of a Palestinian detainee, near Beersheba, in southern Israel, July 29, 2024.

Rescued hostage's girlfriend decries abuse suffered during Hamas captivity

Jennifer spoke to N12 about the impact of captivity on Kozlov, and shared Kozlov's thoughts during the rescue.

 Andrey Kozlov, a released hostage is escorted, after the military said that Israeli forces have rescued four hostages alive from the central Gaza Strip on Saturday, in Ramat Gan, Israel June 8, 2024.

NGO, UN agencies group alleges sexual abuse of Gazan civilians by aid workers

Alleged misconduct by aid workers include violence, exploitation and abuse, trafficking, and forced prostitution, the Global Protection Cluster stated in its report. 

 Palestinians gather to receive food cooked by a charity kitchen, amid shortages of aid supplies, after Israeli forces launched a ground and air operation in the eastern part of Rafah, as the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas continues, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip May 8, 2024.

Before arrest in Russia, US soldier's relationship with Russian girlfriend turned bloody

Screaming turned to violence, with his girlfriend clawing at his face. Then she pulled a knife.

  Gordon Black, a U.S. serviceman detained in Russia, poses for a selfie in this picture obtained from social media, in an unspecified location, released on February, 2023.

Holocaust survivors: When the abused become healers - opinion

It’s easily noticeable that so many of the doctors and nurses I work with at Hadassah Medical Organization are the sons and daughters of Holocaust survivors.

 HENRIETTA SZOLD, founder of Hadassah Women’s Zionist Organization of America, speaks at the graduation of Hadassah Nursing School class of 1941. Judith Steiner-Freud is seated 4th from R, first row.