Religious Zionism plan criticized for ‘protecting rapists, pedophiles’

Religious Zionism’s plan was intended to combat false complaints, and includes a number of steps including forcing those who file complaints about sexual or domestic violence to affirm that they are aware of potential legal repercussions of filing a false complaint and forming a national registry of “false complaint filers.”

The plan states that these steps, and others, would greatly reduce the number of false complaints filed, creating a healthier, more just society.

Some expressed concern that the real repercussions of the plan would include preventing women from reporting sexual offenses against them when only 6% of sexual offenses are reported to authorities in Israel, according to the Association of Rape Crisis Centers in Israel, who cited information from Israel’s Public Security Ministry.