| Today, Israel lives up to her name as an international hub of
prostitution and white slavery in the Mideast.Amnesty International, in its 2005 Report on Discrimination Against
Women in Israel says:Trafficking of women for forced prostitution has occurred over a
number of years but appears to have been compounded in the past 15
years by several factors, including increased links between
traffickers in Israel and former Soviet republics, in the wake of the
large wave of immigration of citizens of these countries to Israel……Many women are lured to work in Israel under false pretense and are
then forced into the sex industry. While many are reportedly aware
that they will be working as sex workers, they are not aware they
will be subject to violent and exploitative environments, working
seven days a week and up to 18 hours a day for extremely low salaries
or no salaries at all. Many are subjected to other serious human
rights violations, including rape, deprivation of their liberty, and
debt-bondage. Women forced to work as sex workers are reportedly also
frequently subjected to threats of abuse and even murder. Half the
women interviewed by the Hotline for... |
