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24% jump in reports of sexual assaults during the Corona period: "Only the tip of the iceberg"

According to the Association of Aid Centers, the significant increase in the number of referrals was in April to June - 37% more than in the corresponding period last year.

According to the union's report, in 2019 the rate of indictment for rape continued to decline and about 92% of cases were closed, and yes, there was a 30% increase in the rate of referrals for incest.

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Maya Horodnichano

Monday, 23 November 2020, 05:00

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During the Corona period, there was a 24% jump in the number of reports of assault and sexual harassment to aid centers, compared to the same period last year, according to data from the Association of Aid Centers for Victims and Victims of Sexual Assault published today (Monday).

The most significant increase was in April-June, when the aid centers received 16,663 applications - 37% more than in the same period in 2019.

According to the report of the Association of Aid Centers, there was also an increase in the number of cases opened by the police about sexual offenses and sexual harassment. .

While in 2019 233 complaints were received for this offense, in April this year 79 complaints were received and in May 114 complaints.

The report focuses on 2019, in which there was an increase in the number of referrals to aid centers for incest and on the other hand, there was a decrease in the rate of indictments filed for rape.

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Leap in number of referrals.

Demonstration against violence against women in Tel Aviv, last summer (Photo: Reuven Castro)

Applications to aid centers in 2020, compared to 2019

• March - 4,430 applications to aid centers, a decrease of 3%

• April - 5,048 applications to aid centers, 35% increase

• May - 5,758 calls to aid centers, 34% increase

• June - 5,857 calls to aid centers, an increase of 44%

• July - 5,202 applications to aid centers, an increase of 16%

• August - 4,690 applications to aid centers, an increase of 6%

• September - 4,668 calls to aid centers, an increase of 14%

• October - 4,018 calls to aid centers, up 13%

• From July to October, the data do not include one of the aid centers

According to the report, last year about 54,000 applications were received at the aid centers, 62% of which concerned harm to minors.

About 30% of the referrals were for incest - an increase of 33% compared to 2018.

Of all the complaints, 12,784 are new inquiries, compared to 12,077 new inquiries in 2018. In 98% of the inquiries to the assistance centers, it was reported that the offender is a man.

The decline in the number of indictments for rape continues

The report also shows that the downward trend in the number and rate of indictments filed by the State Attorney's Office for rape continues.

In 2019, 92.4% of rape cases were closed, compared to 91.3% in 2018 and 89.9% in 2017. Also, according to data in 2019, the prosecution filed 2,514 sexual offense cases against 2,755 suspects, with 67% of cases closed due to lack of evidence.

In addition, according to the report last year, 5,971 cases of sexual offenses and sexual harassment were opened by the police - a decrease of 2% compared to 2018, when 6,085 cases were opened.

In 23.4% of the cases opened last year, the victim is a boy or girl up to the age of 12 and in 27.8% the victim is a boy or a girl up to the age of 18. That is, in half of the cases these are minors.

81% of the cases were opened due to injury to women, girls or girls, and 19% - to injury to men, boys or children.

The State Attorney's Office opened 4,021 sexual offense cases and 694 sexual harassment cases last year.

In addition, 394 cases were opened for sexual offenses in the family and by a person responsible for helplessness - an increase of about 20% compared to 2018, when 331 cases were opened.

The data also show that in 2019, the IDF's Yaholam unit received 1,975 complaints of sexual assault, but in the IDF only 157 cases of sexual offenses were opened this year, and the military prosecutor's office handled 166 cases, compared to 136 in 2018 or 104 in 2014. There has also been a decrease in the rate of indictments filed by the Military Prosecutor's Office on sexual offenses - from 56% in 2018 to 36% in 2019.

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Orit Soliciano (Photo: Nati Shochat)

"The closure, designed to keep us safe, made dangerous homes more dangerous, triggered a flood of trauma among many women and men facing sexual trauma, and also led to the exposure of childhood and child abuse in many homes," said the director of the Association of Center for Victims' Assistance. Rape and Sulitzeanu.

"However, unfortunately, have to take into account that what is now exposed to the tip of the iceberg," says Sulitzeanu. "In our experience, the majority of the impact of emergency situations are hard to detect in real time.

We will continue to see the consequences of the current crisis for months and even years. "

The rape cases that have been closed in recent years

• 2016 - 89.1%

• 2017 - 88.9%

• 2018 - 91.3%

• 2019 - 92.4%

"The closure was meant to keep us safe, but made the houses dangerous."

Women's demonstration in Tel Aviv (Photo: Reuven Castro)

Chairman of the Committee for the Advancement of Women Oded Forer (Photo: Shmulik Grossman, Knesset Spokeswoman)

The chairman of the Committee for the Advancement of Women, MK Oded Forer (Yisrael Beiteinu), said that "currently only about 13.7% of victims of sexual assault, who come to the aid centers and hospitals, decide to file a complaint with the police. They are rightly afraid of the police investigation. "From the confrontation with their attackers and the need to re-experience the assault in testifying in court."

MK Forer added that "according to a CBS survey, the percentage of complainants to the police is even smaller, and stands at only 3% of all victims of sexual harassment. This small percentage indicates the inability of the system, which does not have confidence in its ability to protect The victims of another attack under the auspices of the law. "

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