Story from BBC NEWS: Israel women trafficking soars
Colin Powell: 'It is not anti-Semitic to criticize the
policies of the state of Israel'
FPF: NO COMMENT...
Between 3,000 and 5,000 women have been smuggled
into Israel in the past four years to work as prostitutes,
according to a parliamentary inquiry.
-The report described how the women are sold at public auctions
for as much as $10,000 and forced to work up to 18 hours a day.
-On average the women receive only three percent of
the money they earn from prostitution, the report said.
Most of the women are from the former Soviet Union.
Many are raped and beaten as they are smuggled into
Israel over the Egyptian border, the inquiry found.
Attitudes
Zehava Galon, of the opposition Yahad Party, presented
the report to the speaker of the Knesset on Wednesday.
"We began this inquiry to investigate the extent of this phenomenon
and raise political awareness of their plight and the brutal nature of
the trafficking of women in this time of globalisation," said Ms Galon.
She said the biggest challenge in addressing the plight of women in the
sex trade was changing the attitudes of the Israeli public and police.
The inquiry also criticised judges for passing light sentences, sometimes
only community service, for men running prostitution rings.
The report called for minimum jail terms of 16 years for those convicted.
London-based rights group Amnesty International and the US State
Department have also reported an alarming increase in prostitution
rings in Israel.
Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/middle_east/4380067.stm
Published: 2005/03/24 17:07:06 GMT - BBC MMV
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Colin Powell: 'It is not anti-Semitic to criticize the policies of the state
of Israel' Said as 'US Secretary of State' in a speech at the 'Conference on
Anti-Semitism of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe'
German Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Berlin - April 28th - 2004 - Url.:
http://tinyurl.com/22p6c
Former PM 'Wim Kok' and other Dutch Govt's Warcriminals in Court: Url.:
http://tinyurl.com/662pp
Sued: Defense Secretary Rumsfeld Over U.S. Torture Policies:
Url.: http://tinyurl.com/3tgo3 - It can and must be done!
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We need them badly to fight our so called 'governments' - Url.:
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policies of the state of Israel'
FPF: NO COMMENT...
Between 3,000 and 5,000 women have been smuggled
into Israel in the past four years to work as prostitutes,
according to a parliamentary inquiry.
-The report described how the women are sold at public auctions
for as much as $10,000 and forced to work up to 18 hours a day.
-On average the women receive only three percent of
the money they earn from prostitution, the report said.
Most of the women are from the former Soviet Union.
Many are raped and beaten as they are smuggled into
Israel over the Egyptian border, the inquiry found.
Attitudes
Zehava Galon, of the opposition Yahad Party, presented
the report to the speaker of the Knesset on Wednesday.
"We began this inquiry to investigate the extent of this phenomenon
and raise political awareness of their plight and the brutal nature of
the trafficking of women in this time of globalisation," said Ms Galon.
She said the biggest challenge in addressing the plight of women in the
sex trade was changing the attitudes of the Israeli public and police.
The inquiry also criticised judges for passing light sentences, sometimes
only community service, for men running prostitution rings.
The report called for minimum jail terms of 16 years for those convicted.
London-based rights group Amnesty International and the US State
Department have also reported an alarming increase in prostitution
rings in Israel.
Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/middle_east/4380067.stm
Published: 2005/03/24 17:07:06 GMT - BBC MMV
FOREIGN PRESS FOUNDATION
http://tinyurl.com/3tro9
Editor : Henk Ruyssenaars
http://tinyurl.com/66dmo
The Netherlands
FPF@Chello.nl
The Dutch author this far has worked abroad 4 decades for international
media as a fully independent foreign correspondent, of which 10 years - also
during Gulf War I - in the Arab World and the Middle East. Seeing worldwide
that every bullet and every bomb breeds more terrorism ! At present 'Persona
non Grata' in Holland :-)
He who travels far will often see things Far removed from what he believed
was the Truth. When he talks about it in the fields at home, He is often
accused of lying, For the obdurate people will not believe Inexperience, I
believe, Will give little credence to my song.
'Journey to the East' - Hermann Hesse
'The war in Iraq is illegal' says United Nation's Secretary General Kofi
Annan - Url.: http://tinyurl.com/5pl2v
England's legal advise by the Foreign Office: the Iraq war is a 'crime of
aggression' - Url.: http://tinyurl.com/44nhn
A 55' seconds 'sound bite' concerning the US-Israeli 'Dogs of War' 'bringing
democracy' everywhere. Url.: http://tinyurl.com/5u98v
Imagine the good which could have been done with so much money: The Cost of
war [to the US] in $ - Url.: http://www.costofwar.com/
Colin Powell: 'It is not anti-Semitic to criticize the policies of the state
of Israel' Said as 'US Secretary of State' in a speech at the 'Conference on
Anti-Semitism of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe'
German Ministry of Foreign Affairs - Berlin - April 28th - 2004 - Url.:
http://tinyurl.com/22p6c
Former PM 'Wim Kok' and other Dutch Govt's Warcriminals in Court: Url.:
http://tinyurl.com/662pp
Sued: Defense Secretary Rumsfeld Over U.S. Torture Policies:
Url.: http://tinyurl.com/3tgo3 - It can and must be done!
Help the troops come home! Url.: http://www.bringemhome.org -
We need them badly to fight our so called 'governments' - Url.:
http://www.bringthemhomenow.org/
HR
FPF-COPYRIGHT NOTICE - In accordance with Title 17 U. S. C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this blog is distributed by the Foreign Press Foundation under fair use, without profit or payment, and even to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the information. [http://liimirror.warwick.ac.uk/uscode/17/107.html].
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