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NCJWA slams Grace Tame for calling October 7 rape evidence “propaganda”

Rob Klein — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 06:13:20 +0000

Grace Tame, the 2021 Australian of the Year, has spent the past two years recasting herself from a celebrated survivor advocate to one of Australia’s most polarising voices in the antizionist movement. That shift reached a new flashpoint this week when she told ABC Sydney Mornings host Hamish Macdonald that claims of sexual violence committed […]

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Israel welcomes UN blacklisting of Hamas for sexual crimes in conflict

Pesach Benson — Thu, 14 Aug 2025 08:13:40 +0000

Israel’s Foreign Ministry on Thursday welcomed the UN’s decision to add Hamas to its “blacklist” of groups committing sexual crimes in armed conflicts, calling it an overdue recognition of atrocities committed since October 7. “Hamas terrorists have committed – and continue to commit – some of the most horrific sexual crimes known to humanity: rape, […]

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Leifer accused of new incidents in prison

David Marlow — Tue, 12 Aug 2025 06:45:39 +0000

Former Adass principal and convicted sex offender Malka Leifer is accused of new offences against a young woman on camera inside Melbourne’s women’s maximum-security prison. Leifer was sentenced to 15 years of prison for repeated sexual abuse against young students at the Adass school. She fled to Israel, avoiding justice for 13 years, from 2008 […]

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Will sexual violence become a recurring form of Palestinian terror?

Gil Tanenbaum - TPS — Thu, 07 Dec 2023 21:54:05 +0000

In the wake of Israeli officials’ graphic testimony at the United Nations of widespread rape and mutilation of women’s bodies by Hamas terrorists during the attacks of October 7, and the continuing revelations of further atrocities, one women’s rights activist fears that sexual violence will become a recurring theme of Palestinian terror. “I think once […]

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Leifer trial jury still out and heading for ninth day

AAP — Fri, 31 Mar 2023 05:21:38 +0000

Jurors in the trial of former ultra-Orthodox Jewish principal Malka Leifer will return to court on Monday to continue deliberations for a ninth day after being sent home. Leifer, 56, is accused of sexually abusing Melbourne sisters Nicole Meyer, Dassi Erlich and Elly Sapper when she was head of religion and principal of the Adass […]

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Malka Leifer abuse jury push on for verdicts

AAP — Tue, 28 Mar 2023 03:59:06 +0000

Jurors deliberating in the trial of former ultra-Orthodox Jewish principal Malka Leifer have revealed they’ve reached a unanimous decision on some charges against her. But they’re yet to be asked what those verdicts are. Leifer, 56, is accused of sexually abusing Melbourne sisters Nicole Meyer, Dassi Erlich and Elly Sapper when she was head of […]

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Leifer sex abuse case lag a disadvantage: Barrister

AAP — Fri, 10 Mar 2023 04:21:00 +0000

A gap of almost two decades between former ultra-Orthodox Jewish teacher Malka Leifer’s alleged sex crimes and her facing trial is a disadvantage to her defence, her barrister claims. Leifer, 56, is facing 27 charges over the alleged abuse of Melbourne sisters Nicole Meyer, Dassi Erlich and Elly Sapper when she was principal of the Adass […]

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Two charges dropped against ultra-Orthodox principal

AAP — Mon, 06 Mar 2023 05:19:56 +0000

Two charges have been dropped against former ultra-Orthodox Jewish school principal Malka Leifer as they predate when the relevant legislation came into effect. The 56-year-old is facing a trial in Melbourne’s County Court on 29 charges over the alleged sexual abuse of three sisters when she was principal of the Adass Israel School in the […]

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Woman ‘distraught’ disclosing alleged Leifer abuse

AAP — Thu, 02 Mar 2023 05:22:28 +0000

One of three sisters allegedly sexually abused by former ultra-Orthodox Jewish school principal Malka Leifer was distraught when revealing what happened to her, a court has been told. Leifer, 56, is facing trial on 29 charges over the alleged sexual abuse of Melbourne sisters Nicole Meyer, Dassi Erlich and Elly Sapper when she was principal […]

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Another student starts proceedings

J-Wire News Service — Fri, 18 Sep 2015 01:13:07 +0000

Melbourne's The Age newspaper has reported that a second former student has commenced proceedings against the ultra-orthodox Adass Yisroel School following this week's judgement awarding over $1 million to a former student who allegedly suffered sexual abuse.

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