Analysis New Israeli Bill Fining Prostitution Clients May Change Thousands of Women's Lives
The government-sponsored bill does not go as far as the Swedish model, which criminalizes johns, but it is a positive step forward
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Analysis New Sex Work Bill Goes Too Easy on Clients
In choosing fines rather than criminalization, Israeli Justice Minister is hiding behind the failures of other, flopped, anti-prostitution laws
Opinion Miri Regev Found Another Enemy: Bedouin Women With Cameras
It’s hard to believe that the culture minister perceives a threat from women who have learned, for the first time, to hold a camera and look at the reality of their lives
Opinion Israel Must Help Asylum Seekers Trapped in the Sex Industry
Human rights in Israel cannot be restricted to Jewish women only
'I Thought Tel Aviv Was Open, but Nothing Prepared Me for This'
Meet Natasha, the transgender former prostitute who has begun to heal through 'Turning the Tables,' a therapeutic organization where she 'found myself creating rather than destroying for the first time'
The Darfuri Asylum Seeker in Israel Who Takes Refuge in Writing
Adam Ahmed fled the massacre in Sudan in 2004 and survived a bloodbath in Egypt, yet is afraid to walk the streets of Tel Aviv. His memoir takes readers on an insightful journey into life in exile
Israel Working to Deport Victim of Human Trafficking
'Sofia' was lured to Israel and forced into sex work; now separated from her son’s Israeli father, she faces expulsion
Man Suspected of Killing Prostitute in Tel Aviv With Date-rape Drug While With a Second Prostitute
Police believe he sought services of another prostitute instead of getting help, and the delay caused woman’s death
Analysis Maybe Yairs Tape Will Hasten His Dad to Criminalize the Clients of Prostitutes
What will it take to speed up the advancement of legislation to criminalize the clients of prostitution and the rehabilitation of those working in prostitution?
Empty Streets and Locked Doors: Prostitution Is Disappearing From Tel Aviv's Underbelly
Real estate projects at the old central bus station, a stronger police presence and a bill incriminating customers are changing the area for the better
Opinion How Israel's Tourism Industry Enables Prostitution and Human Trafficking
Often pimps and crime organizations prefer to use hotels as a substitute for brothels to blur their involvement and evade the enforcement authorities
Eritrean Asylum Seekers in Israel Increasingly Turning to Prostitution
Many of the women survived torture in Sinai and are single mothers in Israel with no support from the state
Opinion A Courageous Move to Strip 'Sex Entertainment' Down to Its Bare, Ugly Bones
With her firm, feminist ruling to shut down a strip joint, a Tel Aviv judge has exposed the hellish, demeaning reality of the sex industry and the euphemisms used to whitewash it
Operators of Israeli Internet Site Selling Sexual Services Hit With Rare Indictment
Nina Pirshet, who ran the site and received millions of shekels from pimps and sex workers, also tried to persuade women to become prostitutes
10 Indicted for Running One of Israel's Biggest Brothels, in Tel Aviv
Eight of those arrested are women; their two brothels had an estimated total income in excess of $28 million over several years
Hiring Bias, Lack of Role Models Lead More Israeli Transgender Women Into Sex Work, at a Younger Age
Rotem hit the streets when she was only 14 ■ Carol fears the police ■ Melanie wants a normal job, but no one will hire her ■ Heartbreaking stories from the street
Dead at 21: From a Gang Rape at a Tel Aviv Club at 17 to a Life of Prostitution and Addiction
M. died of an overdose on a busy Friday morning, bypassers sidestepping her prone body. A charity worker who befriended the 21-year-old says women in prostitution continue dying far from society’s gaze.
The Pioneering Writer Giving Voice to Israel's Oppressed
After 70 years of writing, a collection of essays exploring the oeuvre of Sami Michael has finally been published. It takes us back to the source, to the pellucid waters of the spring from which Israeli protest literature still drinks.
Opinion Invisible in Israel on a Bed of Cardboard
Homeless man near Tel Aviv central bus station: 'Anyone who thinks that homeless people are on the streets by choice and out of an urge for adventure is a romantic who is cut off from reality.'
Opinion B’Tselem Was Right to Turn to the UN
Throughout all its years of existence, the human rights NGO has tried to create a dialogue with Israeli society and the Israeli media, but has suffered from jaded reactions, alienation and incitement.