Video: daughter of Israeli minister says parents filmed her rape, asks police to protect her from them

‘Criminal figures’ have threatened to publish film of rape, says alleged victim

Shoshana Strook, the daughter of far-right Israeli settlements minister Orit Strook who has accused both of her parents and one of her brothers of raping her as a child, has published a video alleging that they filmed her rape for use as child pornography and that criminals have threatened her with the publication of the video for accusing them. Ms Strook travelled to Italy to disclose her allegations but has now returned to Israel, where she asks Israeli police to protect her from her parents and from the blackmailers:

Israeli psychotherapist and trauma expert Dr Anat Gur, head of the Bar-Ilan University trauma therapy program, has said that she believes organised child rape in Israel is widespread:

Organized child rape is one of the most horrific things I’ve encountered. It’s likely much more widespread than we think. It’s happening in places we least expect.

A report last year by child protection group Humanium pointed out that illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank have become a ‘refuge’ for paedophiles fleeing justice in other countries, particularly the US:

Many sex offenders…find refuge in ultra-Orthodox settlements in the West Bank (The Jewish Independent, 2024). Over 700,000 Israeli settlers reside in these areas, occupying Palestinian land in 150 government-supported settlements, which are deemed illegal under international law. Government funding also extends to unauthorized outposts, allowing convicted offenders to live with minimal interference (Al Jazeera, 2023).

As a result, West Bank settlements have faced prolonged scrutiny over severe allegations of child sex abuse, including rape and child pornography. These cases, marked by extensive online exploitation and in-person assaults, underscore a troubling trend, as the settlements have been known to harbor individuals accused of sexual offenses for an extended period (The Times of Israel, 2023).

Hardline Zionists in the UK, for example in January former Jewish Labour Movement chair Ivor Caplin, have also been arrested on suspicion of sexual abuse, or planned sexual abuse, of minors.

Caplin is not the only such scandal among the pro-Israel Labour right. In 2023, Hackney Labour right-winger Thomas Dewey was sentenced to just 150 hours community service despite admitting possessing pictures of child rape including torture and bestiality. Keir Starmer’s Labour allowed Dewey to stand as a candidate in local elections even after his arrest, locked Hackney women members out of the party’s systems to prevent them discussing the issue and threatened members with disciplinary sanctions if they tried to ask questions.

UK media and politicians have continue to ignore the allegations.

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