Pedophilia

Former Border Police officer indicted over alleged sexual harassment of a minor on Instagram

Yazan Goaya proposed meeting the minor for sexual activity, offered money, requested photographs, and sent sexually explicit messages to a child under 14 years of age, the indictment alleged.

The offices of Justice Ministry’s Police Investigation Department (PID) are seen in Jerusalem, November 30, 2025
Electronic devices seized by police during an investigation into a man suspected of being in possession of child sexual abuse material.

Kiryat Yearim man arrested on suspicion of possessing pedophilic content

[ILLUSTRATIVE] Israeli elemantary school children prepare to go back to school, in moshav Yashresh, as schools and kindergardens re-open following a ceasefire agreement. April 9, 2026.

Tel Aviv teacher to be indicted, suspected of raping 12-year-old student

Image from the arrest of a Bat Yam resident, charged with sexual offenses against his two granddaughters

Israel Police arrest man linked with committing serious sexual offenses against his granddaughters


Minor raped in coronavirus hotel testifies in court

Yarin Sherf, 21, allegedly raped his 13-year-old victim twice in a coronavirus hotel earlier this year. Sherf's lawyer claimed the victim looked older than her age.

Protests in support of the 13-year-old rape victim of alleged suspect Yarin Sherf.

Sacha Baron Cohen, Showtime win dismissal of Roy Moore defamation lawsuit

Baron Cohen was sued for a 2018 broadcast where he, disguised as fictional Israeli anti-terrorism expert Erran Morad, demonstrated a supposed "pedophile detector" that beeped when waved near Moore.

SACHA BARON COHEN and Roy Moore on 'Who Is America?'

14 suspects arrested in online pedophile network

An undercover agent pretended to be a 13-year-old in order to locate pedophiles throughout the network.

A hooded man holds a laptop computer as a blue screen with an exclamation mark is projected on him in this illustration picture taken on May 13, 2017.

19-year-old to be indicted for sexually harassing underage girls online

The suspect is also currently being interrogated on suspicion of committing obscene sexual acts against a minor under the age of 14, as well as the possession of child pornography.

Anais, a student at the International Bilingual School (EIB), attends her online lessons in her bedroom in Paris as a lockdown is imposed to slow the rate of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) spread in France, March 20, 2020.

Coronavirus hotel operator may be charged with negligence in rape case

The report stated that the decision to concentrate the youths without separating them based on gender and age was wrong and directly contributed to the 13-year-old victim's lack of safety.

The coronavirus hotel in Jaffa where the alleged rape took place.

A-G leaning toward indicting UTJ MK Ya’acov Litzman

If the accusations are true, Litzman’s meeting with a key witness in the Malka Leifer extradition case would constitute witness tampering.

Malka Liefer - United Torah Judaism MK and Construction and Housing Minister Ya’acov Litzman

US House ethics panel opens investigation of Republican Matt Gaetz

Earlier, Representative Adam Kinzinger became the first congressional Republican to call for Gaetz to resign.

US Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Orlando, Florida, US February 26, 2021.

Police waits four days to arrest man suspected of raping 7-year-old

The rape complaint was filed on Saturday, March 27, but the 7-year-old girl was only called in to give a statement three days later, on Tuesday, March 30, according to the report.

Male hands arrested with handcuffs in Criminal concept (illustrative)

Religious Zionism plan criticized for 'protecting rapists, pedophiles'

Religious Zionism's plan is intended to combat false complaints.

Transportation Minister Bezalel Smotrich

Tackling sexual abuse among ultra-Orthodox is especially difficult - analysis

How his activities did not come to light sooner?

ZAKA leader Rabbi Yehuda Meshi-Zahav and members of ZAKA, attend a simulation drill on June 21, 2011. Members of ZAKA, most of whom are Orthodox Jews, assist ambulance crews, aid in the identification of the victims of terror, road accidents and other disasters, and where necessary gather body parts