I looked up the singer Argov mentioned and saw the Times of Israel had written about him November 2022 and said this:
Israeli society has a problem. It has too much tolerance and flexibility, and people don’t pay a price for the heinous crimes they committed, whether singers or actors or doctors,” said Orit Sulitzeanu, executive director of the Association of Rape Crisis Centers in Israel.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/unfit-to-be-the-king-how-singer-zohar-argovs-legacy-continues-to-be-whitewashed/
Apparently people adore his singing in spite
of his crimes. It is such a difficult question imo to answer - whether a person’s art can be praised in spite of the dreadful wrongs they have carried out. It is interesting to hear how important he was for Mizrahi music.
Without being able to read the whole Haaretz article here we cannot tell if there was more to say about the Sde Teiman soldiers whose crime of sodomising and brutally attacking the Hamas policeman, may also be ignored, though the Times of Israel 2022 seems to suggest this may not be surprising.
There are other problems of rape in Israel.
Haaretz Feb 2024
Several Cases of Sexual and Domestic Violence Reported at Hotels Housing Israeli Evacuees
According to police, 116 separate files have been opened, including cases of sexual assault of minors and women. Due to the ongoing war, a total of around 200,000 people have been displaced from the Gaza and Lebanon border areas.
Several incidents of sexual violence against women and minors, as well as domestic violence, are being reported in the hotels across Israel that are currently hosting evacuees from the northern and southern parts of the country due to the ongoing war.
Haaretz Nov 2022
A Third of Israeli Female Soldiers Were Sexually Harassed in 2021, Report Says
A report by the State Comptroller found that less than half of the Israeli female soldiers who experienced sexual harassment filed a complaint, and out of those who did report, 44% said it was not handled properly and 26% reported that their complaint was not handled at all.
About a third of women soldiers doing their mandatory service in the Israel Defense Forces have experienced sexual harassment at least once in the past year, according to a State Comptroller report released on Monday.
Haaretz July 2022
^Soldier Kills Herself After Reporting She Was Raped. Now Israeli Army Probes Suspicions of Negligence*
Despite reporting the rape on the night it happened, the soldier was not taken to get treatment, her complaint was not passed on, and her access to a weapon was not limited.
Haaretz June 2022
Israeli Officer Convicted of Sex Crimes Now Working at Training Base
Rahamim Cohen confessed in 2004 to touching two women under his command against their will. Now he markets Israeli weapons and training facilities to other armies.
Haaretz 2018
The Trailblazing Israeli Movement That Predated #MeToo
Since One of One was launched in 2013, some 2,500 Israelis have shared their experiences of rape, incest and sexual assault. Founder Yael Sherer says she started a fire – and men will be the next to break their silence.
Sherer who started “One on One”:
^People in Israel say they didn’t complain because they didn’t think anything could be done. And sadly, it’s the truth,” she says. “Our prime minister [Benjamin Netanyahu] never speaks out against sexual violence – in fact, within his own little circle, there are several men who have been accused of it. Our justice minister and education minister haven’t said anything about it, and neither does the army acknowledge that it has a severe problem on its hands. And even when women go to the police to complain, they are still asked questions like what were they wearing and whether or not they had an orgasm. So why would people complain? What would they gain from* it besides more anguish?”
(Obviously there is a problem with rape and sexual assault in the U.K. too where in effect it is not a crime because it will never be prosecuted. But it does seem as though it is too ignored in Israel especially in the army. )
Re: a post earlier today quoting a Haaretz brief,
Israel Is Rife With Rape Apologists. And They're Getting Louder
Edited to refer this earlier post I was responding to.