The Yehudit organization reveals that key suspects in the abduction and gang rape of an Israeli woman in Jericho six months ago have not been extradited to Israel and remain in Palestinian Authority custody, uninvestigated by Israeli police. The case highlights the security vacuum in Area A, where Israeli forces cannot operate freely, and the broader phenomenon of Jewish women being lured to rented villas in the PA tourist area and sexually assaulted.
The Yehudit organization released a report Tuesday revealing that key suspects in the abduction and gang rape of an Israeli woman in Jericho six months ago have not been extradited to Israel and remain in Palestinian Authority custody, where Israeli police have not interrogated them.
The case, first reported by Israeli police as a shocking incident, involves a young Israeli woman who was abducted to Jericho (Area A of the West Bank, under full PA civil and security control) and sexually assaulted and gang-raped by multiple Arab men. According to Yehudit, the villas in the outskirts of Jericho, a leading PA tourist area, are frequently rented by Arab citizens of Israel or East Jerusalem residents and used as brothels or sites for the rape of Jewish women.
Israeli police cannot operate freely in Area A, and the IDF often leaves the PA to extract Jewish women rather than entering itself. The case echoes the recent release of Iddo Zoldan's murderer, who was held in PA custody for 19 years; his family thanked the PA for guarding him.
Yehudit CEO Moriah Litvak called the situation a "national disgrace" and urged Israel's security establishment and police to act immediately to arrest the suspects and prosecute them, and crucially, to recognize the incident as a hostile act of terror. "Harming Jewish women's bodies is a weapon of war, and the state must treat it as an act of terror," she said.
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