Sexual violence

The Museum of Tolerance Jerusalem hosts international forensic conference on horrors of October 7

Leading professionals from the Israel Police, National Institute of Forensic Medicine, IDF, and international forensic community will convene to share the knowledge gained from that horrific day

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
President Isaac Herzog at the inauguration of the Museum’s landmark exhibit - 6:29 - From Darkness to Light
The UN has failed to take action, despite hearing the testimonies of October 7 survivors and freed hostages. PremiumPremium

UN verified hostages faced sexual violence in Gaza - then failed to act - analysis

The evidence of sexual violence against Israeli hostages was there. What was missing? Meaningful UN action

|ByLARA SUKSTER MOSHEYOF
Rabbi Moshe Yazdi, arrested on suspicion of sexual offenses against women is brought for a court hearing at the Jerusalem Magistrate's Court, on April 27, 2022.

Jerusalem Rabbi Moshe Yazdi sentenced to 18 years for rape by deception

The sentence also includes a one-year suspended prison term and NIS 150,000 in compensation for each of the two women.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN
Bob Vylan crowdsurfs in front of the West Holts stage during day four of Glastonbury festival 2025 at Worthy Farm, Pilton on June 28, 2025 in Glastonbury, England.

Israel, the DEI exception to 'everyone': How the music industry lost its moral compass - opinion

If DEI ever mattered as much as I believed it did in the music industry and rave culture, 7 October 2023 would become a rude awakening.

|BySARAH HILDERING

Two years since the October 7 massacre and the trauma is far from over - opinion

The calculated sadism inflicted on women and men, soldiers and civilians, young and old, an entire communities was unprecedented. Sexual violence was an intentional component of the enemy strategy.

OCTOBER 8, 2025ByORIT SULITZEANU
Demonstrators hold signs against what they describe as international silence over sexual violence perpetrated against Israeli women during the attack by Hamas on southern Israel on October 7, at a protest in Jerusalem, November 27, 2023.