- Prostitution in Israel
Prostitution in
Israel is legal butpimp ing, maintainingbrothel s and trafficking is illegal.cite news |first=Raffi |last=Berg |authorlink= |author= |coauthors= |title=Israel's fight against sex trafficking |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7070929.stm |format= |work= |publisher= BBC News |location=Jerusalem |id= |pages= |page= |date=2007-11-06 |accessdate=2008-01-14 |language= |quote= |archiveurl= |archivedate= ]According to a 2005 Parliamentary Inquiry Committee, about 3000 to 5000 women are smuggled annually into Israel and sold into prostitution. Most of the prostitutes come of
Ukraine ,Moldova ,Uzbekistan andRussia and many are smuggled throughEgypt .cite news |first=Miri |last=Hasson |authorlink= |author= |coauthors= |title= Israel's sex trade booming |url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3062297,00.html |format= |work= |publisher=Yedioth Internet |location=Tel Aviv |id= |pages= |page= |date=2005-03-23 |accessdate=2008-01-14 |language= |quote= |archiveurl= |archivedate= ] cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |author= |coauthors= |title=Israel women trafficking soars |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4380067.stm |format= |work= |publisher=BBC News |location= |id= |pages= |page= |date=2005-03-24 |accessdate=2008-01-14 |language= |quote= |archiveurl= |archivedate= ] In 2007, a report by theKnesset 's Committee on the Status of Women reported that in recent years the number of trafficked women had dropped to less than 1,000.cite news |first=Sheera Claire |last=Frenkel |authorlink= |author= |coauthors= |title=Israelis against punishing prostitutes |url= http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1192380554391&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull |format= |work= |publisher=The Jerusalem Post |location= |id= |pages= |page= |date=2007-10-15 |accessdate=2008-01-14 |language= |quote= |archiveurl= |archivedate= ] In 2007, the United States State Department placed Israel as a "Tier 2" in its annual Trafficking in Persons reports, meaning that it does not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to doso.Citation| url=http://www.state.gov/g/tip/rls/tiprpt/2007/ |publisher=U.S. State Department|title=Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000: Trafficking in Persons Report 2007| date=June 2007]References
External links
* [http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/9173/format/html/displaystory.html We must address Israeli prostitution as our problem]
* [http://www.protectionproject.org/israel.doc Protection Project]
* [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=775515&contrassID=1&subContrassID=7 Court rescinds ruling funding disabled man's brothel visits]
* [http://www2.hu-berlin.de/sexology/IES/israel.html#8 The International Encyclopedia of Sexuality]
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