The arrest Monday of 22 ultra-Orthodox suspects on sexual offenses allegedly committed over the past two years against juveniles and women comes at a time of major change in the attitude of the Haredi public regarding the handling of sexual offenses.
The mystery of who made the threats against Jewish institutions and schools around the world was solved thanks to close cooperation between the FBI and its cyber attaché in Israel and the Israel Police—from the initial intelligence information to the global investigation and the arrest of an Israeli suspect.
The police arrested 22 Haredim in Jerusalem and three other Israeli cities on Monday morning, on suspicion of sexually molesting minors and women over the last two years.
Police are nearing the end of their investigation into a pair of Israeli hackers who allegedly caused damage estimated at 6 million shekels ($1.6 million), and predict that indictments will be filed against them soon.
The Israeli-American teenager suspected of being behind the recent bomb threats to JCCs and other American Jewish institutions reportedly made more than 1,000 threatening phone calls over the past two years.
The Israeli-American suspected of perpetrating more than 100 bomb threats against Jewish institutions used technologies including Google Voice, a call forwarding service, and Bitcoin, a digital currency, to make the threats.
Authorities filed an indictment Thursday against a Beit Shemesh man suspected of sexually assaulting a young boy next door to a synagogue, and then paying him a small sum to ensure he did not divulge what had happened.
Israel – Police will recommend that a criminal investigation be opened against MK Nissan Slomiansky (Jewish Home) for sexually harassing a number of women , the Walla news site reported.
A teenager with dual US-Israeli citizenship who allegedly made hundreds of false bomb threats over the years to Jewish community centers around the world may have been paid for foreign entities to do so, Channel 2 reported Thursday night.
WASHINGTON – US Attorney General Jeff Sessions said on Thursday the arrest in Israel of a suspect in bomb threats made to American Jewish centers reflected the government’s determination not to tolerate hate crimes.