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Last update - 21:58 11/02/2008 Poll: 100,000 children in Israel have been sexually assaulted By Haaretz Service Tags: Sexual abuse, children  A national poll reveals that some 100,000 children in Israel have been sexually assaulted, but only 2.5 percent of the incidents are reported to the proper authorities. The poll, presented at a National Council for the Child conference in Be'er Sheva on Monday, encompassed 500 polled parents. The poll shows that 5 percent o f the parents reported that their children had been sexually harassed, and a quarter of the parents never told their children to avoid contact with strangers. Advertisement Education Minister Yuli Tamir, who participated in the conference, presented data from the Central Bureau of Statistics indicating a 25 percent decline in high school drop-outs over the last three years. However, the data also shows that 22,000 students, or four percent of the national student body, still dropped out last year. According to Tamir, the decline in the drop out rate stems from a special program initiated by the Education Ministry. Supreme Court President Dorit Beinisch, who also attended the conference, said Monday that "we must take action to alleviate the suffering of the children living in Sderot and other communities bordering Gaza, rather than being affected only by pictures of children in Gaza lighting candles in the dark." Beinisch's remark came several days after Israel began reducing the supply of electricity to the Gaza Strip in efforts to pressure militants into halting the ongoing rocket fire on Israeli towns close to the border with the Strip. The chief justice also addressed the issue of juvenile delinquency, and said the rate of delinquency will not go down until the state invests adequate resources in preventing it. According to Beinisch, there exists a severe shortage of parole officers and experts in treatment of juvenile delinquents. "In these fields, the gap between the law and the execution of the law is a gap exemplifying our failure as a society," she said. "A justice system, as advanced as it may be, can't ensure by itself a healthy safe and complete society," Beinisch added, "the legal proceedings of minors are habitually delayed due to lack of resources at all levels." Bookmark to del.icio.us   Best served cold Safed chief rabbi calls on state to exact 'revenge' against Arabs. The Jewish hurdle Obama: I disagree with aide who blamed 'NY, Miami' for failed peace talks.   1.   Definition please 23:23  |  Ben Azai 11/02/08   2.   ANOTHER MILE STONE FOR ZIONISM 23:25  |  JACKAL 11/02/08   3.   Bad News Bloggers 23:36  |  Hal 11/02/08   4.   What is the article`s subject? 23:45  |  Iris 11/02/08   5.   Duh 23:48  |  Simon 11/02/08   6.   Jackal??? 00:32  |  Arab All The Way 12/02/08   7.   Anti-Zionists responses not surprising 01:10  |  Slibovitz 12/02/08   8.   chalk up another bash Israel, Ha`aretz report 01:14  |  Nussie 12/02/08   9.   Statistics 01:26  |  Lone Statistician 12/02/08   10.   HaAretz - Smartut of the Internet 01:34  |  * BEN JABO 12/02/08   11.   response to 8 and more 02:07  |  B. 12/02/08   12.   OH GREAT, MORE HAARETZ GARBAGE `DESIGNED` TO PROMOTE ANTI-ISRAEL 02:09  |  Steve Randolph 12/02/08   13.   If these numbers are real, can you imagine what the statistics 02:15  |  truth 12/02/08   14.   SO TO HAARETZ, 25 PARENTS SAYING YES MEANS 100,000 NATIONWIDE? 02:19  |  Steve Randolph 12/02/08   15.   Does anyone know what percentage were ISRAELI ARAB KIDS? 02:27  |  * BEN JABO 12/02/08   16.   #13 truth - we had exit polls in the U.S. primaries 02:41  |  * BEN JABO 12/02/08   17.   Why we do not accept reality? 03:07  |  Aaron 12/02/08   18.   Thank you Aaron 03:28  |  WestIndian 12/02/08   19.   And denying it will make it go away? 03:56  |  Hugh Rossner 12/02/08   20.   Bolshevist posts not surprising 04:14  |  Rich 12/02/08   21.   500 Parents do not a summer make 05:50  |  * BEN JABO 12/02/08   22.   AS USUAL, DENY DENY DENY.... 06:33  |  PADDY 12/02/08   23.   Backward Nation 08:10  |  Rich 12/02/08   24.   Sexual abuse of children in Israel 12:23  |  Rabbit 12/02/08   25.   #22 PADDY - As usual, you hide where U are writing from 17:16  |  * BEN JABO 12/02/08   26.   #23 2ND TRY - Richard - while your busy blasting child abuse 22:34  |  * BEN JABO 12/02/08   27.   #24 2ND TRY Rabbit - It must be news to you that Australia 22:42  |  * BEN JABO 12/02/08   28.   Anti-semitism 00:59  |  Rich 13/02/08   29.   #23 & 28 Richard - you`re ranting 05:27  |  * BEN JABO 13/02/08   30.   #29-2 Rich - I am still waiting for some proof 18:22  |  * BEN JABO 13/02/08   31.   #18 2ND TRY Westindian - your concern is most touching 00:50  |  * BEN JABO 14/02/08   32.   I see no evil, I hear no evil 17:43  |  AJ 14/02/08   33.   #32 AJ - no denying it`s an issue 00:08  |  * BEN JABO 15/02/08   34.   Hugh Rossner is 100% correct 21:43  |  leven5 27/03/08

Today Online Rights group: Deaths in IDF W. Bank raid were apparent executions Responses: 159 Top rabbis: Harvesting organs of the brain dead is `bloodshed` Responses: 52 Defense officials: Hezbollah rockets can reach almost all of Israel Responses: 77 Ari Shavit: Olmert doesn't belong in the prime minister's office Responses: 20 Shmuel Rosner: Bush is now behaving like a responsible adult Responses: 18 Rosner's Domain New pro-Israel-pro-peace dovish lobby ready to launch (WTR) Bush is still determined not to repeat Clinton's mistakes Poll: what percentage Jews will vote McCain? Obama rejects advisor's comments on American Jews and peace process Kurtzer: The pro-Israel lobby, not obstacle for peace More Headlines 20:08 Arab FMs re-endorse 2002 Saudi peace initiative 17:40 Defense officials: Hezbollah rockets can reach almost all of Israel 22:21 Tel Aviv shuts its lights as part of global 'Earth Hour' campaign 14:20 Egypt holds new talks with Hamas, Jihad over truce with Israel 20:16 Israel posts clips on YouTube of Jerusalem yeshiva terror attack 21:10 Ex-High Court chief: State must bring all Ethiopian Jews to Israel 21:58 Thousands protest in Hebron against charity closures 20:29 Treasury official: Economically, Israel is a bi-national state 15:10 MKs okay state-funded center commemorating Gaza settlers 18:47 Bush invites Abbas to U.S. for talks on Palestinian state 20:17 Police informer: Golan teen murder suspect confessed to killing 16:20 421 children report having been victims of incest in 2007 Previous Editions Select Day 26 mar 25 mar 24 mar 23 mar 21 mar 20 mar 19 mar 18 mar 17 mar 16 mar 14 mar 13 mar

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