Wow...any murder is tragic, but only 19? I THINK THE MUSLIMS CALLING ISRAEL A TERRORIST NATION NEED TO LOOK AT ISRAEL'S MURDER RATES VS THEIR OWN! IGNORANCE TO THE MAX! THIS IS JUST COMMON SENSE!

19 women killed by family members in Israel in past year

Figures indicate a sharp drop in spousal murders, but an Increase in reported sexual attacks

 

Dozens of Jewish and Arab women march near the Old City of Jerusalem



 In advance of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women on Sunday, WIZO (Women’s International Zionist Organization) reported that 19 women in Israel were murdered by family members over the past year, representing a 26 percent decline from the previous year.

 

The number of appeals to the Association of Rape Crisis Centers in Israel rose 16% over the same period.

 

Among the 19 women killed in the past year, 13 belonged to minority populations: six were Ethiopian immigrants, four were Arab women, one was an immigrant from the former Soviet Union, one was a foreign worker from the Philippines and one was an illegal migrant from Eritrea.

 

According to the WIZO report, approximately 10,600 women requested police protection from violent husbands in 2011. Some 18,000 women appealed to the Association of Rape Crisis Centers in the first half of 2012 alone, 65% of which involved sexual assault against minors.

 

As part of Israel’s observance of the international day, a conference organized by WIZO on Sunday discussed the implementation of a law to prevent domestic violence and asked whether the police protection requested by women victimized by family violence does in fact serve them adequately.

 

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