sexual harassment

A demonstrator protests outside the United Nations headquarters in New York City, calling attention to sexual violence against women during Hamas’ October 7 attack on Israel, December 4, 2023. (Yakov Binyamin/Flash90)

Where’s the outrage over ‘systematic’ sexual violence against Palestinians?

Despite mounting evidence of the army’s gender-based crimes, Israeli women’s groups have largely ignored or denied the UN’s damning new report.

By Samah Salaime April 17, 2025

A protest marking International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women in Tel Aviv. (Activestills.org)

+972’s Person of the Year: The women standing up to sexual harassment

The women who spoke out in 2016 executed an unplanned pincer move. As accusations snowballed, women inspired one another to speak up. First and foremost, what 2016 should mean for Israel’s social institutions is that there are limits on power. Whether or not men acknowledge what they did as wrong, title or talent must not protect them.

By +972 Magazine December 30, 2016

Women protesters shout slogans during a SlutWalk against sexism in Tel Aviv, May 9, 2014. (photo: Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

Why are so many Israeli women subjected to sexual harassment?

Reported incidents of sexual harassment, assault and rape by high-ranking Israeli officials are flooding their way into the media. Why is the violation of women’s bodies and dignity so endemic in Israeli society? Several days ago a story broke in Israel that has been dominating the headlines ever since: a senior Israeli army officer has…

By Natasha Roth-Rowland March 3, 2016

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Women at the protest against 'rape culture' in Tel Aviv. Written on the women's bodies, from left to right, is "for raping" and "We won't turn our backs," March 29, 2014, Tel Aviv. (Photo by Keren Manor/Activestills.org)

How does Israel’s media fight sexual harassment? With racism

An Israeli news site runs a piece about Palestinian men sexually assaulting Israeli women at the beach, begging the question: why is this particular story newsworthy when stories about Jewish men assaulting Jewish women rarely are? Israeli news site Walla! ran an article [Hebrew] on Friday with the following headline: “Palestinians who come to Tel Aviv’s…

By Edo Konrad July 4, 2015

How not to be sexually harassed in the IDF

May Fatal is a young soldier who was sexually harassed and perhaps stalked by her superior in the army. That’s nothing new. Sexual harassment in the IDF has been a dirty, loosely kept secret for decades, known to most women and plenty of men in Israel. Few women ever go public with their experience, and even fewer do so…

By Dahlia Scheindlin May 4, 2015

Emmanuel Rosen, a top Israeli news personality. Rosen has been accused of sexually harassing his female employees. (photo: The 7th Eye, http://www.the7eye.org.il)

The paralyzing rage of sexual harassment

For the last 10 days I have not been able to think of the occupation or political mini-dramas of the new government. I read the New York Times every morning, but I can hardly recall the headlines. Even, god help me, the butchery in Syria and now the Israeli involvement seem further from my heart…

By Dahlia Scheindlin May 7, 2013

Woman illustration (Photo: Truthout.org/flickr)

Misogynist ad campaign exposes hypocrisy within the left

By Anonymous I was sexually assaulted by a left-wing activist last summer. The perpetrator was – and still is – a guy with all the right credentials: post-colonialist, post-Zionist, anti-capitalist, and so on. Most significantly, he considers himself a feminist. Until he assaulted me, we were friends. I had met him through my involvement in…

By +972 Magazine March 11, 2012

The war against women

Crimes against women – such as domestic abuse, sexual assault and sexual harassment – are extraordinarily widespread. Statistics say that the majority of women, quite possibly the vast majority of them, fall victim to at least one of these crimes. Their prevalence is so high, that the cumulative effect can only be compared to the…

By Roi Maor February 19, 2011

Israeli “liberals” make light of sexual assault and assassinations by the IDF

In one day, Israel’s most liberal newspaper made light of sexual assault in the IDF, and the country’s most liberal institution, the High Court of Justice, made light of its own rulings in regards to IDF assassinations Amos Harel, a senior Ha’aretz reporter, writes [Heb] about the aftermath of Yoav Galant’s botched appointment to IDF…

By Roi Maor February 3, 2011

Katzav verdict: A letter to A. of the Tourism Ministry

Dear, A., As a father of two daughters who are thank God too young to understand what happened yesterday, I would like to thank you on their behalf. They don’t know it yet, but you have already affected their lives immensely. Thank you for bringing to light the filthy behaviour of Israeli men in high-ranking…

By Ami Kaufman December 31, 2010

Supreme Court (Photo: Flickr/ActiveStills)

Katzav verdict alone won’t solve Israel’s problems

After the Katzav verdict, Israel's work is just beginning.

By Dahlia Scheindlin December 31, 2010