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In Israel, activists and families push for stiffer sentences for child sex abusers

JL;DR SUMMARY Amidst criticism of lenient sentencing for child sex abusers in Israel, activists, alongside affected families, are campaigning for stricter penalties and a more robust legal framework. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Child AbuseLegal ReformPublic CampaignsIsraeli Justice SystemSex Offender RegistrySentence AdvocacyAvraham LeshemYarin SherfHaruv Institute

Places mentioned

Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District, Israel
"TEL AVIV The story is all too familiar."
Eilat, Southern District, Israel
"threatening her that if she did not, he would carry out an Eilat 2.0, a reference to the gang rape of a 16-year-old girl in an Eilat hotel last summer."
Jerusalem, Israel
"the appeal filed by Leshems attorney, will be heard in the same Jerusalem court, by a different set of judges, in December."
Southern District, Israel
"he would carry out an Eilat 2.0, a reference to the gang rape of a 16-year-old girl in an Eilat hotel last summer."

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