חשיפה: השופט חננאל שרעבי, נעצר על ידי משטרת ישראל בחשד שאנס את בתו. צא”פ הוטל על הפרשה.
UDPATE: Israeli news reports, citing anonymous sources, now say that the charges made against Sharabi are without foundation. However, I would remind readers that studies show that less than 10% of such charges are unfounded. And the victim in this case is a teenage girl who could very well be intimidated by family, police or the prosecutor himself.
Israeli district court judge (Haifa), Hananel Sharabi, 51, has reportedly been arrested by Israeli police on charges of raping his daughter over the course of several years. The case has been referred to the attorney general for a decision about proceeding with prosecution.
Yet, he continues to sit on the bench and is neither detained nor suspended from his duties.
There is a judicial gag order preventing Israeli media from reporting the details of the case, the charges, and name of the accused. I object to such restrictions on a free press and report his identity here. At least one Israeli blog has confirmed his identity. Other Israelis have written to me confirming his identity as well.
Judge Sharabi unfortunately, is not alone among Israeli judges in committing sex crimes within the family. In the past, Judge Shamai Becker, was also accused of committing incest. He remains on the bench.
השופט שמאי בקר חשוד בביצוע עבירות מין בבתו. צא”פ הוטל על זהותו
https://t.co/nj8UuAInSc— Tikun Olam (@richards1052) May 18, 2016
Judge Becker’s lawyers sought to suppress my tweet on the case. Twitter informed me that they might have to censor the tweet above at Becker’s request. Happily, they appear not to have done so. They successfully censored other Israeli blogs which named him as a suspect.
In a separate case, Israeli Bar Association Pres. Effie Naveh bartered sex for judicial appointments and even arranged for a Supreme Court Justice’s appointment in return for lucrative professional considerations. He has not been charged with any crime. The Justice remains on the Court.
One should not be surprised at the rampant corruption of the Israeli judicial system. It’s part and parcel of an entire society mired in pay-to-play arrangements, self-dealing, and influence peddling. One hand washes the other. And only the poor and weak are held accountable because they don’t have the means to weasel their way out of trouble.
This post was illuminating and intensely disgusting.
Not to dismiss the post of or info about this case and judge, the blog you link to is an anti-women, anti-feminist blog. Their language is violent and also always side with the man.
In this case, they even call the accusation against this judge, “false accusation”.
@Di Book: I know the blog. I do not rely on It as my sole source. It is not a credible source. But I linked to it because it was the only other published source, not because I relied on it. My other sources were directly from individuals.
@Richard:
Kudos for reporting this, however עדנה קרנבל had already reported it three days ago. (What I don’t understand though is why she claims these are false accusations)
https://tinyurl.com/2zjkabx5
@Eli: “Edna Carnaval” (an assumed name) is not a reliable source. I would never have published this solely based on her as a source.
Richard,
I personally think you are a disgusting self loathing Jew, BUT kudos to you for printing what the media here won’t–hence why I visit your blog.
So even though I vehemently disagree with your positions, you are doing a great service by publishing what you do.
@ right-wingie: I”m instituting a new comment rule just for you: don’t be an asshole. You are one. You won’t publish another comment here regardless what you think of me or what I publish here, good or bad.
Thank you for the rule just for me. I consider it an honor.
you would really ban me because I dont like you personally?
I’ve actually sent a decent amount of traffic to your blog over the years since you are the only one to report on certain things……
@ Right-winger: I could care less who or what you sent to my blog. Insult me again & I’ll ban your ass so fast your head will spin. Don’t be an asshole.
“One should not be surprised at the rampant corruption of the Israeli judicial system. It’s part and parcel of an entire society mired in pay-to-play arrangements, self-dealing, and influence peddling. One hand washes the other. And only the poor and weak are held accountable because they don’t have the means to weasel their way out of trouble.”
100% accurate description. could not have said it better.
Who on earth would falsely accuse the Judge of these crimes?
LYIN’ LION: Get over yourself. First, there is no definitive confirmation that the charges are false. Second, a 15 year old girl may be an actual incest victim, and then be faced with the combined weight of family, police and prosecutors warning her of the gravity of what she’s done. Thus making her doubt herself.
You clearly haven’t a clue of what it’s like for sexual abuse victims. How painful the abuse is, and the aftermath of trying to get justice. Israeli men like you with your entitled attitudes disgust me. you have no empathy or decency.
I hope to God you or a loved one is not faced with such suffering. And if you had a daughter who was abused, I’m sure she wouldn’t tell you because you too wouldn’t believe her.
The police obviously believed the girl to the extent that they made the arrest of her father, the judge.
Why would the police now want to undo their investigation?
Why would a Prosecutor risk his career and not charge these heinous crimes? Why not prosecute a schlemiel Family Court judge if the allegations were substantial? Who is Judge Sharabi anyway?
Police and prosecutors are notorious for getting criminal suspects to confess and for getting witnesses to fabricate evidence. Why is this case exceptional?
Richard. We both should admit that we don’t know much if any of the facts in this case.
@Lyin lion: Once an accusation is made the police MUST investigate. They have no choice. But the police are notorious for closing investigations without bringing charges in sexual abuse cases. And in the few instances when they refer to the prosecutor the latter usually closes the Case with no charges brought. Very few such cases ever go to court let alone to conviction.
As for “heinous,” really? Who are you fooling? You’ve just discredited a girl who accused her father of rape. How dare you fake your concern over such crimes.
Male dominated police and prosecutors hate these cases. Add to that a judge is the suspect and it becomes impossible to get justice.
You’ve revealed once again your Israeli male privilege and misogyny, not to mention your ignorance of the Israeli justice system.
As for knowing the facts of the case, there is only one thing I need to know: #believeher. Try it.
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Are there any updates on this? Was he charged?
@ Simon: I do not believe he was charged. And I believe he is back on the bench. And btw, after this was published I received a notice from Google that it was removing the link to my post in all searches at Google’s Israel/Hebrew search engine, based on a demand from an Israeli judge that it do so.