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Malka Leifer

14 Days: Libyan leak

Israeli news highlights from the past two weeks.

|BySTEVE LINDE
Libyan Foreign Minister Najla Mangoush.
Chaim Walder

1/4 Israelis have been sexually abused. How can we stop these predators? - opinion

According to some estimates, there are some 200 known abusers in Israel, many of whom fled from other countries to avoid prosecution.

|ByMICHAEL J. SALAMON
JERUSALEM AND Jewish Heritage Minister Meir Porush arrives for a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister’s Office. He says he was just ‘helping a hassid visit his rebbe.’

Abusing power to help predators - opinion

It was not only the fake mental illness in the courtroom that was hindering justice. 

|ByDANIEL GOLDMAN
Malka Leifer, a former Australian school principal who is wanted in Australia on suspicion of sexually abusing students, walks in the corridor of the Jerusalem District Court accompanied by Israeli Prison Service guards, in Jerusalem

The Malka Leifer case is symbolic of Israel's problems - editorial

It is unclear why the country didn’t take the Leifer case – and other similar cases – seriously, and instead opened its gates for people who are accused of being predators abroad.

|ByJPOST EDITORIAL

Grapevine August 24, 2023: Remembering Shimon Peres

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

AUGUST 25, 2023
THEN-FOREIGN MINISTER David Levy (left) meets with André Azoulay, the adviser of the Moroccan king, in 2000.

Malka Leifer's sentence to be pushed to August 24

She was convicted by a Victoria state jury in April, where she was found guilty of 18 of the 29 counts of sexual abuse charges against two sisters that she was on trial for.

JULY 21, 2023
MALKA LEIFER, surrounded by Israel Prison Service guards, covers her face in Jerusalem District Court on February 14, 2018.

Malka Leifer found guilty of rape, indecent assault

Leifer was found guilty on 18 counts of rape and sexual assault out of the 29 charges that she was on trial for.

APRIL 3, 2023
Malka Leifer, a former Australian school principal who is wanted in Australia on suspicion of sexually abusing students, walks in the corridor of the Jerusalem District Court accompanied by Israeli Prison Service guards, in Jerusalem

Malka Leifer rape trial begins in Australia with opening statements

Malka Leifer was charged with 29 charges of rape and sexual assault of three sisters both while they were minors and as adults.

FEBRUARY 8, 2023
Malka Leifer, a former Australian school principal who is wanted in Australia on suspicion of sexually abusing students, walks in the corridor of the Jerusalem District Court accompanied by Israeli Prison Service guards, in Jerusalem

Grapevine January 27, 2023: That extra input

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

JANUARY 28, 2023
PRESIDENT ISAAC Herzog with King Philippe of Belgium.

Grapevine September 14, 2022: The irony of change

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022
PRESIDENT ISAAC HERZOG and his wife, Michal, in the Herzog Room of the residence of the British Ambassador.

Grapevine August 5, 2022: Rabbi of the Western Wall hosts Reform Jew

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

AUGUST 9, 2022
PREISIDENT RATU WILIAME M. KATONIVERE of Fiji being led into the President’s Residence by President Isaac Herzog.

Malka Leifer case: Court endorses suspended sentence for Litzman

Former minister and United Torah Judaism MK Ya’acov Litzman's sentence will be eight-months in prison and an NIS 3,000 fine.

AUGUST 8, 2022
Yaakov Litzman at the weekly cabinet meeting, March 2020.

Australian Jewish principal Malka Leifer's sexual abuse trial to begin

Malka Leifer, former principal of an ultra-Orthodox Jewish girls' school in Melbourne, is being charged with 74 counts of sexual abuse of students.

JULY 30, 2022
Malka Leifer

MK Litzman officially quits Knesset

The UTJ MK was indicted for breach of public trust in January, after he cut a plea deal with then-attorney-general Avichai Mandelblit in which he will be convicted in the Malka Leifer case.

JUNE 1, 2022
Construction and Housing Minister Ya’acov Litzman votes in Israel's March 23, 2021 election.

Malka Leifer's father-in-law arrested for alleged sexual abuse

Two people came forward to accuse Baruch Leifer of sexual abuse including a family member who said he abused her when she was 12.

FEBRUARY 14, 2022
Malka Leifer