Data on sexual harassment in the IDF were revealed today (Tuesday) during a discussion in the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee. .
Emily Moati has highlighted ongoing failures in the IDF's handling of the issue, with harassers returning to work even though the legal proceedings in his case have not yet been completed. More than 1,500 complaints a year about sexual harassment in the IDF, and these are just a few that dare to complain.
According to Moshe Tor Paz (Yesh Atid), the issue must not be a female or political issue, and in a hierarchical system as an army, it is twice as dangerous.
MK Meirav Ben-Ari, mentioned the IDF's procedure on the issue, and told about the harassment she went through during her military service.
According to MK Shlomo, the Shabbat riots are disturbing to his environment - it is like Shabbat trying to murder the crime scene and the victims' environment, his faction member Ofir Katz added the need for a clear address for every female soldier, and the obligation to close the gap between the number of complaints and the small number of indictments .
Or Nehemiah, a discharged soldier, told of a lieutenant colonel who was her commander and trusted him, who installed a hidden camera in her room, revealed this and filed a complaint with the MPC and was accompanied by the Mahut Center - a center for dealing with such harassment. By the same commander, in the previous 11 years.
She praised the military's handling of her complaint.
Another female soldier, Moore Levin, recounted in shock how she discovered that her favorite commander had photographed her in private, thousands of times.
Or Nehemiah, the female soldier who was harassed by her commander, with Chief of Staff Kochavi at Hanukkah // Photo: IDF Spokesman,
According to Brigadier General Ella Shad-Shechtman, the Chief of Staff's Adviser on Gender Affairs, the IDF takes every case of harassment seriously, and the establishment of a Mahut center is part of this deal, and provides an answer, accompaniment and address for emotional and physical treatment and legal advice.
The center also handles cases that occurred before enlistment, at the request of the complainants, and hundreds of Yohalam officers have been appointed in all IDF units, and every six months all soldiers are required to participate in information on the subject.
According to her, in recent years there has been an increase in reports of harassment in the army, and she says the reason for this is an increase in the awareness and confidence of female soldiers in the military system.
About 50% of the complainants request that the army not treat the offender.
While in 2012 there were 514 complaints, in 2020 there were already 1,542 complaints, of which 26 were rapes, 391 were indecent acts and 92 were photo and video distribution.
Nearly 50% of the offenders are conscripts, and 29% are permanent personnel, most of them young.
51 were disciplinary prosecuted in 2020, compared to only 31 in 2016.
Brigadier General Shadu-Shechtman, "We are a learning organization, constantly improving and testing ourselves.
Along with the many steps that have been taken and taken, there are other programs that we are promoting in order to realize the Chief of Staff's concept on the subject.
There is no case that comes to our door, from a verbal remark to the most difficult cases, and we do not handle it properly. "
Major Maria Yudshkin, the representative of the military prosecutor's office, spoke about the army's subordination to state laws on the subject, in addition to disciplinary action. The military prosecutor's office does not conduct plea bargains and that in 2020 31 indictments were filed.
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