Pedophilia

Former Border Police officer indicted over alleged sexual harassment of a minor on Instagram

Yazan Goaya proposed meeting the minor for sexual activity, offered money, requested photographs, and sent sexually explicit messages to a child under 14 years of age, the indictment alleged.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN
The offices of Justice Ministry’s Police Investigation Department (PID) are seen in Jerusalem, November 30, 2025
Electronic devices seized by police during an investigation into a man suspected of being in possession of child sexual abuse material.

Kiryat Yearim man arrested on suspicion of possessing pedophilic content

Investigators searched the suspect's home under a court-issued warrant, where they arrested him and seized electronic devices, including a laptop computer and a mobile phone.

|BySHIR PERETS
[ILLUSTRATIVE] Israeli elemantary school children prepare to go back to school, in moshav Yashresh, as schools and kindergardens re-open following a ceasefire agreement. April 9, 2026.

Tel Aviv teacher to be indicted, suspected of raping 12-year-old student

A prosecutor has been assigned to oversee the case, and the State Attorney’s Office is preparing an indictment that is expected to be filed in the coming days, a source told Walla.

|ByHODAYA RAN
Image from the arrest of a Bat Yam resident, charged with sexual offenses against his two granddaughters

Israel Police arrest man linked with committing serious sexual offenses against his granddaughters

The investigation found substantial evidence that the suspect had sexually assaulted his granddaughters, claiming he did so to "prepare them for adulthood."

|ByESTHER DAVIS

Elad Gabar, alleged pedophile, extradited to the US to face justice

Elad Gabar is accused of using the internet to blackmail 150 minors and of sexually assaulting 19 of them.

FEBRUARY 20, 2020ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
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Jewish-American pedophiles flee justice by coming to Israel – report

Jewish Community Watch founder Meyer Seewald told CBS that the same thing that is going on in the Catholic Church is happening “in our community.”

FEBRUARY 20, 2020ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
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Omaha Jewish school teacher arrested for soliciting teenage girl online

Robert Goetschkes, 53, who taught at Friedel Jewish Academy, a private school on the campus of the Jewish Community Center in Omaha, was arrested Monday.

FEBRUARY 20, 2020ByMARCY OSTER/JTA
People pose in front of a display showing the word 'cyber' in binary code, in this picture illustration taken in Zenica

Beno Reinhorn, sports coach, convicted of sexual crimes against 57 minors

The case had been the largest pedophile investigation in the country’s history.

FEBRUARY 18, 2020ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Beno Reinhorn headshot, August 20, 2018

Australian MPs call for Malka Leifer's ‘immediate extradition’

‘Enough is enough. This case has gone on for far too long,’ says Australian MP and former Australian ambassador to Israel during debate on motion to extradite suspected pedophile Malka Leifer

FEBRUARY 10, 2020ByJEREMY SHARON
Malka Leifer, a former Australian school principal who is wanted in Australia on suspicion of sexually abusing students, walks in the corridor of the Jerusalem District Court accompanied by Israeli Prison Service guards, in Jerusalem February 14, 2018

Leifer case delayed as court allows cross-examination of psych experts

Delays ‘unacceptable’ say three alleged victims of alleged pedophile

JANUARY 14, 2020ByJEREMY SHARON
Malka Leifer

Alleged pedophile Malka Leifer ‘fit to stand trial’ panel rules

Leifer could now face extradition to Australia where she is wanted on 74 charges of sexual molestation and rape of school girls.

JANUARY 10, 2020ByJEREMY SHARON
Malka Leifer, a former Australian school principal who is wanted in Australia on suspicion of sexually abusing students, walks in the corridor of the Jerusalem District Court accompanied by Israel Prison Service guards, in Jerusalem

Psychiatric opinion on Malka Leifer delayed for a month

'How much longer can we hold on?' one of the alleged victims asked.

DECEMBER 10, 2019ByJEREMY SHARON
Malka Leifer, a former Australian school principal who is wanted in Australia on suspicion of sexually abusing students, walks in the corridor of the Jerusalem District Court accompanied by Israel Prison Service guards, in Jerusalem

Supreme Court rejects Malka Leifer’s appeal against new psychiatric review

Three-member expert panel scheduled to review alleged pedophile’s mental state on Wednesday, ahead of court hearing next week to discuss whether she is mentally fit for extradition

DECEMBER 3, 2019ByJEREMY SHARON
Malka Leifer, a former Australian school principal who is wanted in Australia on suspicion of sexually abusing students, walks in the corridor of the Jerusalem District Court accompanied by Israel Prison Service guards, in Jerusalem

FBI arrests gynecologist who allegedly had sex with 14-year-old boy

Weinreb allegedly admitted he previously had sex with another teenage boy and “that he has a sex addiction to males who are much younger than him,” Bklyner reported, citing court records.

NOVEMBER 24, 2019ByJOSEFIN DOLSTEN/JTA
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