Sexual assault

Israel-American Alexander brothers go on trial for alleged sex trafficking, abuse over 13 years

Oren and Tal Alexander co-founded the luxury real estate brokerage Official, while Alon Alexander was an executive at a private security company.

The pictures of the three high profile real estate agent brothers Alon Alexander, Oren Alexander, and Tal Alexander, on charges of sex trafficking and drugs, are displayed at 26 Federal Plaza in New York City, New York US, December 11, 2024.
A rabbi and defendant in a court case appears in the district court in Tiergarten, Berlin, January. 16, 2026.

Berlin rabbi convicted of ‘sexual assault and sexual coercion’ of woman he offered to counsel

Israeli singer Shay-Li Atari Wiener, who recently revealed she was raped several years ago, protests alongside supporters outside a court hearing of her alleged rapist in Tel Aviv, January 21, 2026.

Court hears request to lift gag order shielding alleged rapist of Shay-Li Atari Wiener

Illustrative People step on an Iranian flag at a march in support of nationwide protests in Iran, Los Angeles, California, U.S., January 18, 2026.

Child among protesters sexually assaulted in Iran, rights group says


French actor Gerard Depardieu in court as trial over alleged sexual assaults of two women begins

If found guilty, Depardieu could face a sentence of up to five years in jail and a 75,000-euro ($81,000) fine.

 French actor Gerard Depardieu arrives on the day of his trial for two sexual assaults allegedly committed on the set of the film "Les Volets Verts", at the courthouse in Paris, France, March 24, 2025.

Turning the victim into an aggressor - opinion

This antisemitic display will be remembered as a significant attempt by an international body to distort reality and promote the pervasive anti-Israel narrative at the UN.

 A general view of the United Nations Security Council during a meeting on "Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe," at the UN headquarters in New York, US, May 4, 2023.

Mazkeret Batya man indicted for posing as woman to orchestrate child sex crimes  

The suspect, Uri Alfi, is accused of multiple crimes, including causing sodomy rape and indecent acts against children and family members.

 A courtroom (illustrative)

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.