[Muslim Knight]

Israel's sex trafficking


By Raffi Berg
BBC News, Jerusalem

Marina rarely leaves her two-room home in northern Israel these days. She is in hiding - wanted by the Israeli authorities for being an illegal immigrant, and by the criminal gangs who brought her here to sell her into prostitution.

Marina - not her real name - was lured to Israel by human traffickers. During the height of the phenomenon, from the beginning of the 1990s to the early years of 2000, an estimated 3,000 women a year were brought to Israel on the false promise of jobs and a better way of life.

"When I was in the Ukraine, I had a difficult life," said Marina, who came to Israel in 1999 at the age of 33 after answering a newspaper advertisement offering the opportunity to study abroad.

"I was taken to an apartment in Ashkelon, and other women there told me I was now in prostitution. I became hysterical, but a guy starting hitting me and then others there raped me.

"I was then taken to a place where they sold me - just sold me!" she said, recalling how she was locked in a windowless basement for a month, drank water from a toilet and was deprived of food.

That part of her ordeal only ended when she managed to escape, but the physical and mental scars remain.

Last year, the United Nations named Israel as one of the main destinations in the world for trafficked women; it has also consistently appeared as an offender in the annual US State Department's Trafficking in Persons (Tip) report.

This year's report said Israel still does not "fully comply with the minimum standards" to do so.
Like Marina, some trafficked women are brought into the country legally.

In all cases, the traffickers - as many as 20 in the chain from recruitment to sale - take away the women's passports before selling them on to pimps.

Sometimes the women are subjected to degrading human auctions, where they are stripped, examined and sold for $8,000-$10,000.

MAIN ORIGINS OF WOMEN TRAFFICKED TO ISRAEL
Russia
Moldova
Ukraine
Uzbekistan
Belarus

US State Department Trafficking in Persons report 2007 [22MB]

Sanctions threat

Prostitution in Israel is legal. In Tel Aviv's Neve Shaanan district for instance, just a short walk from the city's five-star tourist hotels, brothels masquerading as massage parlours, saunas and even internet cafes, fill the side streets. One such place even operates opposite the local police station.

There are bars on windows and heavily-built men guard the doors, which are only opened to let customers in and out. Inside, groups of sullen-looking women sit in dimly-lit rooms, waiting for their next client. Foreign women fetch the highest prices, with trafficked women forced to work up to 18 hours a day.

For years, the absence of anti-trafficking laws in Israel meant such activity - less risky and often more profitable than trafficking drugs or arms - went unchecked.

"During the first 10 years of trafficking, Israel did absolutely nothing," said Nomi Levenkron, of the Migrant Workers' Hotline, an NGO which helps trafficked women and puts pressure on the state to act.

"Women were trafficked into Israel - the first case we uncovered was in 1992 - and not much really happened," she said.

"Occasionally traffickers were brought to trial, but the victims were arrested as well, they were forced to testify, and then they were deported."

In 2000, trafficking for sexual exploitation was made a crime but the punishments were light and its implementation was poor, NGOs say. It was only after repeated criticism of Israel by the United States - and the threat of sanctions - that authorities began to act.

Investigations into suspected traffickers increased, stiff jail terms were handed down and Israel's borders were tightened against people smuggling.


Changing tactics

There are some 30 women at the Maggan shelter - most from former Soviet states, but also five from China.

"When they come here they are in a bad condition," said Rinat Davidovich, the shelter's director.

"Most have sexual diseases and some have hepatitis and even tuberculosis. They also have problems going to sleep because they remember what used to happen to them at night," she said.

"It's very hard and it's a long procedure to start to help and treat them."

But the true picture might not be so clear-cut. Campaigners say increased police activity has also had an adverse effect. Instead of operating openly in brothels, traffickers have become more discreet, plying their trade in private apartments and escort agencies, making the practice more difficult to detect.

"We've been keeping tabs on trends, in terms of, for instance, prices of exploitative services," said Yedida Wolfe, of the Task Force on Human Trafficking.

"Those prices have not gone up, which leads us to believe that the supply of victims has not gone down.

"While government officials are saying that their efforts have drastically cut the number of victims in the country, the NGOs on the scene really don't feel that's true."

SOURCE http://www.malaysia-today.net/nuc2006/news2007.php?itemid=591



Wow. Talk about God's Chosen People.

 

[MTAFFI]

Wow. Talk about God's Chosen People.

That is a little rough dont you think? (although I dont think the Jews are Gods chosen people) Who says the people doing this are jewish anyways? Have you checked S.A. lately and the large number of Iraqi women who have fled there only to become prostitutes in a land with two of Islams holiest cities... that all said, this is such a disgusting horrible thing to do to women, and Israel should do a lot more to put an end to it, or have to face some sort of international reprucussion. It is sad that these poor women are exploited in such a way and it is even more sad to see that there is such a market of pathetic men that cant get a woman to do what they are after for free. May God help these women to escape this life and be happy again someday.

 

[islamirama]

That is a little rough dont you think? (although I dont think the Jews are Gods chosen people) Who says the people doing this are jewish anyways? Have you checked S.A. lately and the large number of Iraqi women who have fled there only to become prostitutes in a land with two of Islams holiest cities... that all said, this is such a disgusting horrible thing to do to women, and Israel should do a lot more to put an end to it, or have to face some sort of international reprucussion. It is sad that these poor women are exploited in such a way and it is even more sad to see that there is such a market of pathetic men that cant get a woman to do what they are after for free. May God help these women to escape this life and be happy again someday.

Jews WERE the chosen people till the God finally said enough is enough cuz of their killing of the Prophets and never obeying God. Christians and Muslims are the oppressed and zionist jews are the tyrant masters in israel, so who could it be but jews?

Also, there's many reports out there showing evidence of jew owned porn sites with american soldiers raping iraqi women during the invasion. As for iraqi women going into prostitution, its around 50,000 refuge women FORCED into prostution in order to survive as a result of the occupation of Iraq and killing of 1 million iraqi. These women who used to do niqaab and never talk to men not related to them now are forced to sell themselves to put food in their kids mouth. This the democracy the kuffars brought to iraq.

 

[MTAFFI]

Jews WERE the chosen people till the God finally said enough is enough cuz of their killing of the Prophets and never obeying God. Christians and Muslims are the oppressed and zionist jews are the tyrant masters in israel, so who could it be but jews?

Also, there's many reports out there showing evidence of jew owned porn sites with american soldiers raping iraqi women during the invasion. As for iraqi women going into prostitution, its around 50,000 refuge women FORCED into prostution in order to survive as a result of the occupation of Iraq and killing of 1 million iraqi. These women who used to do niqaab and never talk to men not related to them now are forced to sell themselves to put food in their kids mouth. This the democracy the kuffars brought to iraq.

The chosen people of God will be revealed with the coming of Christ, and it is not for me or you to say, it may be millenia before that happens and there is no guarantee it will happen in our lives.

As far as your second paragraph, who knows what is shown on porn sites, I do know they are designed to cater to fanatasies and most are filmed in CA, where there arent many troops or Iraqi refugees. Although I am sure there are films that show "troops" having sex with Iraqi women, I doubt they are real since every case that comes to light like these the perpetrators are typically brought to justice.

As for Iraqi women being "forced", I think not, Allah tests us all and it is what we do when those tests are presented to us that determines the type of person we are, Islam allows for men to have more than one wife for this reason and I am sure there are 50,000 men out there that these women could arrange with rather than prostitute themselves to.

As for these women being perfect before the US presense, maybe you should rethink that statement, take Saddam and his sons for instance, they used to sadistically rape and torture whatever women they wanted. As for these women being without husbands, the US hasnt killed a fraction of Iraqis that the AQI fighters have killed, perhaps instead of constantly blaming the west you should look at these freedom fighters. Obviously the Iraqis are since they are now helping the US troops drive them out of their country.

Only the future will give us the real answer to whether or not we help or hurt the Iraqis, God knows I hope democracy can be their answer and they can flourish in peace for once.

 

[KAding]

Seems a bit odd to focus on Israel so much here. It's not as if it is alone with this problem.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/6497799.stm

 

[Keltoi]

Kading beat me to it, but forced prostitution is hardly a Jewish phenomenon. I watched a documentary recently about the women of Nepal who are forced into sex slavery. Guess who the primary clients for those women happens to be? Hint...it isn't Jews.

 

[جوري]

yeah but it is the Jewish phenomenon that intrigues us because they have insinuated themselves in our neck of the wood!!!

cheers!

 

[جوري]

P.S.S 'chosen people' were the sons of Jacob (the twelve tribes from his twelve sons) has nothing to do with the colonial settler state of Israel as we know it today.. Abraham himself having originally come from Iraq, not from china or Belgium, and I don't know many of today's Jews to be middle eastern in origin. those who were became Christian advent to Christ and then Muslim.. only a handful remained Jewish, and they are not the ashkenazics of today-- thus nothing chosen there... if it were the case.. they would have awaited the 'promised moschaich' to lead them to the promised land, not taken it by force.. but this topic would belong to comparative no?


cheers!

 

[Cognescenti]

yeah but it is the Jewish phenomenon that intrigues us because they have insinuated themselves in our neck of the wood!!!

cheers!

There already had been Jews in "your neck of the woods" for several thousand years when the Kaaba still held icons of tribal deities.

I should think y'all would be used to it.

 

[InToTheRain]

I read this some time ago...I am pretty sure they are the number 1 in this trade...

‘the United Nations named Israel as one of the main destinations in the world for trafficked women; it has also consistently appeared as an offender in the annual US State Department’s Trafficking in Persons (Tip) report.’



http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7070929.stm

http://www.israelnewsagency.com/sexisrael69690531.html

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3062297,00.html

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,129157,00.html


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[Cognescenti]

I am neither a Jew nor Israeli, but the depth of virulent hatred toward both evident in this thread is revealing.

This really has more to do with Russian/Ukranian organized crime than it does Jews. Of course, one musn't let such thinking get in the way of a good anti-semitic pinata bashing.

It is quite refreshing to see that at least one group of people are more hated than Americans. Woohooo!

 

[جوري]

There already had been Jews in "your neck of the woods" for several thousand years when the Kaaba still held icons of tribal deities.

I should think y'all would be used to it.

Do you have something of substance to impart? What do Jews in our neck of the wood have to do with the SECULAR COLONIAL SETTLER ZIONIST STATE OF ISRAEL?

Pls buzz off, I have important things to attend to today and don't have the time for a retired old fossil to part with quasi clever remarks.. Go play with yourself in a more productive manner!

 

[جوري]

Try to use the term 'Anti-semitic' on a forum where it will matter.. the card has been used excessively and it is rather droll, considering many Muslims here are in fact semitic...
Go open a book and read it

Main Entry: 1Se·mit·ic
Pronunciation: \sə-ˈmi-tik also -ˈme-\
Function: adjective
Etymology: German semitisch, from Semit, Semite Semite, probably from New Latin Semita, from Late Latin Sem Shem
Date: 1813
1 : of, relating to, or constituting a subfamily of the Afro-Asiatic language family that includes Hebrew, Aramaic, Arabic, and Amharic
Of or relating to or characteristic of Semites

so how about ti7il 3an nafokhna before I start accusing you of being an anti-semite? ey
buzz off!

 

[Cognescenti]

Try to use the term 'Anti-semitic' on a forum where it will matter.. the card has been used excessively and it is rather droll, considering many Muslims here are in fact semitic...
Go open a book and read it

Main Entry: 1Se·mit·ic
Pronunciation: \sə-ˈmi-tik also -ˈme-\
Function: adjective
Etymology: German semitisch, from Semit, Semite Semite, probably from New Latin Semita, from Late Latin Sem Shem
Date: 1813
1 : of, relating to, or constituting a subfamily of the Afro-Asiatic language family that includes Hebrew, Aramaic, Arabic, and Amharic
Of or relating to or characteristic of Semites

so how about ti7il 3an nafokhna before I start accusing you of being an anti-semite? ey
buzz off!

Oh can it. That is an old story and an old dodge. All readers here know exactly what is meant by the modern English usage of the word.

Here is some breaking news..when the term "Aryan" is used since the mid 19th century the speaker doesn't mean "proto-Indian-Iranians" either.

Call it what you will, Anti-Jew, anti-Hebe, anti-Kike there is some serious hatred on display in this thread and citing the anthropological etymology of a commonly understood word doesnt' erase it. This is the 21st Century, sis.

Thanks for playing.

 

[KAding]

I am neither a Jew nor Israeli, but the depth of virulent hatred toward both evident in this thread is revealing.

This really has more to do with Russian/Ukranian organized crime than it does Jews. Of course, one musn't let such thinking get in the way of a good anti-semitic pinata bashing.

It is quite refreshing to see that at least one group of people are more hated than Americans. Woohooo!

Two more groups you mean. Muslims and Jews! :skeleton::rollseyes

 

[MTAFFI]

i dont think it took a thread like this one to show the general disdain that arabs and many muslims have for the Jews.. :X

 

[- Qatada -]

i dont think it took a thread like this one to show the general disdain that arabs and many muslims have for the Jews.. :X

Loads of the Prophets were Jews, hundreds if not thousands of them. I love them, and the believers among them. Jacob, David, Moses, Jesus son of Mary to name a few of them. We love, respect and honor them.


Those who harm the believers, and oppress people unjustly - we dislike what they do, no matter who its from. Even if muslims do that wrong.

 

[Jayda]

hola

i think the topic has dwindled off into antisemitism a bit too much.

human trafficking is a major issue in africa, latin america and eastern europe and i saw a map on the previous page that showed a very interesting trend of people being trafficked from the developing world into the developed world. it is frightening to think that this happens in our own backyards... but it also seems a little fantastic. i could not imagine any of my neighbors or friends secretly holding foreign people captive in their homes... it would be totally out of place. i am sure many others feel the same...

i wonder how so this could happen to so many people without anyone really knowing about it... and what type of person is it that decides to take another person as a slave? is it a psychological problem or just an abusive nature?

que Dios te bendiga

 

[MTAFFI]

Loads of the Prophets were Jews, hundreds if not thousands of them. I love them, and the believers among them. Jacob, David, Moses, Jesus son of Mary to name a few of them. We love, respect and honor them.


Those who harm the believers, and oppress people unjustly - we dislike what they do, no matter who its from. Even if muslims do that wrong.

I was talking about the modern day jews but I get where you are going

 

[Jayda]

jews and hebrews are not the same... jews (tribe of jude) are one of the two remaining tribes (along with levites) who survived the assyrian exile. hebrews refer to the ancient people that included all of the tribes and their prophets were not all from the tribe of jude.