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Court records indicate that Sartov committed the offense in 2004 while he was deputy head of the investigation unit of the Eilat district police. His conviction in Eilat Magistrate’s Court was based on his admission of wrongdoing. According to the testimony, Sartov found his victim in a taxi that he had stopped while he was on patrol in the city. He suspected her of being in Israel illegally and of being a sex worker. He ordered the woman to get into his police car and drove her to a secluded spot, where he forced her to have sexual contact with him, knowing that she was subject to deportation. He was convicted of having oral sex with her without her consent.
Linor Itzkovich, then his secretary, claims ex-politician forced himself upon her in his office, groped her on other occasions; he denies, says she has a history of 'fabricating'
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Apr. 12, 2021
In 2000, the United Nations Security Council adopted Resolution 1325, also known as the Landmark resolution on Women, Peace and Security, calling for women’s equal participation and representation and protection from violence. Israel, a signatory, was the first country in the world in its wake to adopt related legislation.
In a year in which Israel has seen a sharp rise in an already disturbingly high level of violence against women, the protections that both international and domestic legislation offer are more relevant and essential than ever.
But a new entrant into Israel’s parliament, and a potential coalition partner for a new government, is adamantly opposed. In fact, despite the clear evidence that more women than ever are under threat, the grotesquely homophobic and misogynistic Noam party wants a full regression back to an era where women’s rights, even their right to life, are conditional.
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Mar. 17, 2021
The issue of eliminating the statute of limitations on sex crimes has come up for public debate in recent years with increasing frequency. It was discussed in the context of the Alon Kastiel case, as well as in the case of former President Moshe Katsav, and now again in the wake of the revelations about Yehuda Meshi-Zahav that were detailed in Haaretz’s investigative report last week.
Such cases and similar ones make it clear that the statute of limitations protects sex offenders, and this is no longer acceptable, if it ever was. It’s problematic both because it poses a significant obstacle that prevents victims from complaining – as was well explained by attorney Ayelet Razin Bet Or, legal adviser of the Association of Rape Crisis Centers in Israel – and because it provides sex offenders with a means of defense.