Abuse

Three Ra'anana daycare aides arrested on suspicion of abusing toddlers

The investigation began after an 11-month-old was hospitalized with an ear injury, and later raised suspicions of additional violence against toddlers at the daycare.

Israeli daycare-aged children (illustrative). March 24, 2026.
Eli Sharabi, a former hostage, holds a photograph of himself during his release by Hamas as he the United Nations Security Council in New York City, US, March 20, 2025

Eli Sharabi asks UN Human Rights Council to 'name these crimes,' recognize hostage abuse as torture

Poor conditions for minors in Lebanon’s Warwar Rehabilitation Center.

Lebanese minors denied adequate living conditions in rehabilitation facility, investigation finds

Hacker in a hood

ADL launches research, resource hub for online pathways to youth violence, extremism


‘Dance, pig’: Man harasses young Jewish boys in France, orders them to ‘free Palestine’

“Are you gonna free Palestine, bro?’ the man asked, adding, “If you don’t free them, I’ll snatch your hat, bro.” the man said to the children.

Youtube screenshot of the video.

Catholic bishop in Spain resigns after abuse allegation

Bishop Fafael Zornoza is the first Spanish Catholic bishop known to have been investigated by the Vatican for an abuse allegation.

Bishop Rafael Zornoza speaks during a mass, in Cadiz, Spain in this screengrab taken from an undated handout video.

Young Israeli men shown beating, harassing foreign workers in new social media trend

"[The workers] know that if they complain, they may be deported. So they keep quiet. And these boys know exactly that," one Tel Aviv man explains.

Foreign workers seen around the central bus station in southern Tel Aviv on March 21, 2025.

Court extends detention of ex-IDF top attorney to Wednesday, judge concerned she may obstruct probe

Tel Aviv Magistrate's Court Judge Shelley Kurtin expressed concern that she may obstruct the probe into the alleged leak of a video related to the Sde Teiman Palestinian prisoner abuse case.

 The Supreme Court in Jerusalem convenes for a petition regarding the Sde Teiman military base, January 1, 2025

IDF's top attorney resigns over leak of Sde Teiman abuse video, after Katz announces firing

Defense Minister Israel Katz dismissed IDF Military Advocate General Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi over her link to a probe into a leaked Sde Teiman video, prompting her resignation.

 IDF MILITARY Advocate-General Maj.-Gen. Yifat Tomer Yerushalmi is the Israeli military’s chief lawyer and has the task of defending Israelis from accusations of war crimes.

New Jersey rabbi assaulted, residents step in to stop attacker

Rabbi Avraham Wein was assaulted in Bergenfield New Jersey on Sunday. Locals helped detain the suspect, who police say was not a local. Authorities called the attack a “disgraceful act of violence."

Rabbi Avraham Wein.

WATCH: Elderly rabbi pelted with chicken bones in antisemitic London incident

A 41-year-old man was arrested after hurling chicken bones and abuse at a 77-year-old rabbi outside a Stamford Hill pharmacy.

Ultra-Orthodox Jews stand in a street in the predominantly Jewish neighborhood of Stamford Hill in the UK; illustrative.

Man wearing Star of David kicked, beaten, nearly thrown off tram in Germany by unknown attacker

A man was insulted, kicked, and beaten twice in Erfurt, Germany, after an attacker saw his Star of David. Police are searching for the suspect.

A police car in Erfurt, Thuringia, Germany; illustrative.

The invisible struggle: Women exiting prostitution - opinion

Women in the sex industry are fighting for their survival. They did not choose prostitution among many choices.

A prostitute in Israel waiting for a client.

Former haredi school principal Malka Leifer allegedly abused 'much younger' prison inmate - report

Malka Leifer was principal of Melbourne's Addas Israel, and was jailed for 15 years for repeated sexual abuse of children in her care.

Malka Leifer, a former Australian school principal who is wanted in Australia on suspicion of sexually abusing students, walks in the corridor of the Jerusalem District Court accompanied by Israel Prison Service guards, in Jerusalem