The law in Israel
What is sexual assault?
Sexual abuse is behavior between parties (individuals or groups), in which one party is used to satisfy the needs of the other. This is illegal behavior, which is done against the will of the victim, without obtaining his or her consent, in an exploitative, threatening, aggressive way or through deception and persuasion in order to receive a benefit. The injury can be one-time or repeated, and in any case it causes a lot of damage and affects the mental state and behavior of the victims.
Sexual assault: the criminal law
Rape by definition In the Penal Law, 1977-77 , it is the insertion of an organ of a person's body or any object into a woman's genitals, without her free consent. Sexual assault of a man or child is defined in the law as a sodomy act which is legally punishable as rape under the circumstances listed above. Having sex between or With minors under the age of 14 is defined by law as rape, even if it is consensual and the minors apparently wanted sex voluntary and free consent Between two minors over the age of 14 is not considered rape. Having consensual sex between the ages of 14-16 or under 18 while taking advantage of relationships of dependence, patronage, education or supervision is considered a prohibited reason for consent.
sexual harassment
Harm of a sexual nature to another person, as specified in the Law for the Prevention of Sexual Harassment, 1988, which includes several behaviors:
Sexual blackmail - threatening a person to commit a sexual act
sexual harassment - such as whistling or sexual insinuations, staring at intimate parts, derogatory or degrading treatment of a person's sexuality, such as their sexual identity, as well as hanging or displaying pornographic images
Indecent assault - Acts for non-consensual sexual stimulation, gratification or humiliation, such as rubbing, sexual touching and touching another person's intimate parts
Repeated sexual proposals - contacting another person to have sexual contact of one kind or another
Sexual offers to a student, a student, a patient or a person in the framework of a work or family relationship are considered sexual harassment even if the recipients of the offer did not show or say that they were not interested in the sexual relationship. The establishment of the law is based on the assumption that these people depend on the people with whom they come into contact: a student depends on a teacher, a patient on a doctor or a psychologist, and an employee on an employer. Therefore, in a state of dependence or when given in spite of the other, it is more difficult to show that you do not agree to the sexual relationship
sexual harassment - such as whistling or sexual insinuations, staring at intimate parts, derogatory or degrading treatment of a person's sexuality, such as their sexual identity, as well as hanging or displaying pornographic images
Indecent assault - Acts for non-consensual sexual stimulation, gratification or humiliation, such as rubbing, sexual touching and touching another person's intimate parts
Repeated sexual proposals - contacting another person to have sexual contact of one kind or another
Sexual offers to a student, a student, a patient or a person in the framework of a work or family relationship are considered sexual harassment even if the recipients of the offer did not show or say that they were not interested in the sexual relationship. The establishment of the law is based on the assumption that these people depend on the people with whom they come into contact: a student depends on a teacher, a patient on a doctor or a psychologist, and an employee on an employer. Therefore, in a state of dependence or when given in spite of the other, it is more difficult to show that you do not agree to the sexual relationship