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Former Israeli President Moshe Katsav walks with his wife Gila, after releasing from Ma'asiyahu Prison where he served his sentence, December 21, 2016. (Aloni Mor/Flash90)
When a government shows more forgiveness to a rapist than a victim
An ex-president who has been convicted of rape is released from prison early, despite showing no remorse. Meanwhile, a rape victim who killed his assailant in self-defense remains behind bars, denied clemency. By OR Seri On Sunday, Israeli President Reuven Rivlin announced that he had rejected a request for clemency for Yonatan Heilo. Heilo, an Ethiopian immigrant,…
By +972 Magazine December 22, 2016
The tragedy and threat of African refugees in Israel
With at least 60,000 now in the country and 2,000 to 3,000 more coming every month, African refugees, for all the trauma they have been through, are unassimilable in this country. The first in a three-part series. On Friday, with the headlines screaming of Eritreans raping a 15-year-old Israeli girl,  I went with a photographer friend to the Hatikva neighborhood in…
By Larry Derfner May 20, 2012
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