Israel prostitution

Police enforce prostitution law unevenly, trafficking victims face visa barriers, comptroller finds

The audit, conducted from December 2024 through July 2025, examined enforcement of the law, investigations into trafficking for prostitution, protection of victims, and decisions on residence visas.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN
A prostitute in Israel waiting for a client.
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Beit She'an sextortion ring: Posing as underage sex workers, network blackmails thousands from men

Three young men from Beit She'an are suspected of impersonating women and extorting more than NIS 100,000 from people online. 

|ByALON HACHMON
A prostitute in Israel waiting for a client.

Four years after ban: Israeli prostitution consumption increases - study

Consumption of prostitution increased between 2021 and 2024 from 7% to 9% for Jewish men aged 18 to 70, the research found.

|ByEVE YOUNG
MARYAM STITCHES finishing touches onto her denim ‘Neanderthal dress.’ The women often design according to themes, the most recent of which was denim.

Israeli prostitutes fashion a sex trade exit

SOCIAL AFFAIRS: There are several anti-prostitution organizations in Israel, but what’s unique about Turning the Tables is the self-esteem approach emphasized in Yotsrot Atid.

|ByARIEL SHEINBERG

Poll finds majority of Israelis don't think going to a prostitute is a crime

Survey released ahead of Knesset discussion of bill to criminalize soliciting a prostitute finds 63% against such law.

MAY 27, 2014ByARIK BENDER
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