Knesset hears harrowing new testimony of alleged ritual sexual abuse; survivors demand action
This is news to me, the article is from December 2025. It would seem Israel is also dealing with an Epstein type situation, but this one sounds ritualistic/cult like.
Though the accounts differ, they share recurring motifs: multiple perpetrators, use of drugs or intoxicants, coercive “ceremonies,” and violence far beyond conventional patterns of childhood sexual abuse.
During the hearing on Tuesday, survivor Hadar Feldman recounted that from age seven to 21, she was repeatedly sold and raped by groups of men, often as part of what she described as cult-like ceremonies. She told MKs that beginning at age eight-and-a-half, her father brought her once a week to a room inside the Knesset where, she said, a then-serving MK abused her after giving her drinks that caused her to lose consciousness.
A third woman, referred to as ‘M’ and whose testimony was read aloud, said she endured abuse by family members, a doctor, a psychiatrist, and rabbis throughout her childhood. She described what she called a “ritual assault” suffered while she was in advanced pregnancy and said she was forced to commit “horrific acts” to save her unborn child.
https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-879095?fbclid=IwRlRTSAQau3JleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEeIjLjNDakuH7jw-03DzOukeE57BBxZFL_MXZXO7o1KndXB9WsqS86dc4CcPo_aem_NFvffCBlmPZf-nmE-ueEeg