sexual violence

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
Palestinians citizens of Israel Israel participate in a demonstration in the arab town of Ramle on November 26, 2015 against domestic violence and rising number of women getting murdered. (Activestills.org)
Arab women are breaking the silence over sexual violence
Following a wave of violence against Arab women in Israel comes a revolutionary initiative that allows women and teenagers a safe space to share experiences of sexual violence. By Inna Michaeli A new initiative is providing Arab women and girls a safe space to share experiences of sexual assault and harassment. The website, Tusukteesh (Arabic…
By +972 Magazine December 13, 2015
Contestant boasts about grabbing Jennifer Lopez’s buttocks on Israel’s ‘The Voice’
It’s one thing to have a cold relationship between Netanyahu and Obama, but I really don’t think Israel should get on J-Lo’s bad side. Unfortunately, this might happen. A few weeks ago I watched the third episode of the Israeli version of “The Voice” featuring a contestant from Los Angeles, an Israeli called Michael Alhadif,…
By Ami Kaufman January 14, 2013
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Julian Assange and ‘The Women’s Issue’
By Leehee Rothschild Rare are the cases in which an article and the advertisement accompanying it fit together. But in the case of a recent op-ed in The New York Times by Oliver Stone and Michael Moore, “Wikileaks and Free Speech,” the two make a perfect match. Julian Assange, founder of Wikileaks, has been wanted…
By +972 Magazine August 30, 2012
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