Tokyo Rose 1,475 Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 Israel has as many as 8,500 slaves, according to a new comprehensive study of worldwide slavery. According to the study, the first-ever country-by-country survey of its kind, Israel has 7,700 to 8,500 slaves. Still, Israel ranked well relative to the lower standards in the Middle East, though Lebanon, Tunisia, and Egypt scored better than the Jewish state. The trend in Israel is driven by the sex trade and the human trafficking that comes with it. There are 15,000 prostitutes in Israel, Rebecca Hughes from ATZUM’s Task Force on Human Trafficking wrote in The Times of Israel, entering the profession at an average age of 14. “By the 1990’s Israel was established as a destination country for trafficking, and international sex trafficking victims had replaced the local market,” Hughes wrote. “Israel’s flesh trade was booming and making between half a billion to three quarters of a billion dollars a year. It was a particularly desirable market for traffickers because the purchase of sexual services was, and still is, legal in Israel. ” Ireland, Iceland, and the UK enjoy the lowest prevalence of slavery, the survey said. Read more Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJHolland 12,725 Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 Wait what?! Prostitution in Israel is legal?! The more you know I guess Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melech 9,900 Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 Why does Israel get single out? Because it's the Jewish state I guess. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melech 9,900 Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 Israel is place 111 of 162. Seriously and this deserves a thread? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luiz 4,253 Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 " In absolute numbers, India led the list with up to 14.7 million slaves, followed by China and Pakistan. Mauritania, with 3.8 million inhabitants and over 150,000 slaves, had the highest prevalence of slavery." I disapprove of what you say, but will defend to the death your right to say it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tokyo Rose 1,475 Posted December 21, 2015 Author Share Posted December 21, 2015 1 minute ago, Simon said: Why does Israel get single out? Because it's the Jewish state I guess. Thanks for showing your capibility for empathy in this slavery epidemic. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LebaneseDude 6,146 Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 4 minutes ago, Simon said: Why does Israel get single out? Because it's the Jewish state I guess. Cause this article is written for The Times of Israel Edited just now by LebaneseDude. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edonis 28,974 Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 Just now, LebaneseDude said: Cause this article is written for The Times of Israel This member is legit always trying to self-victimize. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LebaneseDude 6,146 Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 2 minutes ago, Edonis said: This member is legit always trying to self-victimize. Edited just now by LebaneseDude. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edonis 28,974 Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 2 minutes ago, LebaneseDude said: It's rather tragic Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Didymus 34,380 Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 I don't understand. Do prostitutes count as slaves? I guess my question is: what do they mean by slaves in the first place? (Nvm, found it in the link, thank you for providing it! For those who are interested too: "the possession and control of a person in such a way as to significantly deprive that person of his or her individual liberty, with the intent of exploiting that person through their use, management, profit, transfer or disposal") Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LebaneseDude 6,146 Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 1 minute ago, Didymus said: I don't understand. Do prostitutes count as slaves? I guess my question is: what do they mean by slaves in the first place? Unpaid forced labor. Edited just now by LebaneseDude. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mobster 14,604 Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 This article seems very ambiguous... If they are talking about slaves, they can't be referring to the legal practice of prostitution in the country, but probably just the ones that are forced into this situation as a result of human trafficking... Yet they are mixing the numbers and the definitions are all over the place... Kind of confusing But I'm only a man and I do what I can. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Didymus 34,380 Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 22 minutes ago, Simon said: Why does Israel get single out? Because it's the Jewish state I guess. Maybe because it's also singled out (by you, for instance) as an example for the region: a democratic safe haven in the barbaric Middle East. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexanderLevi2 5,849 Posted December 21, 2015 Share Posted December 21, 2015 27 minutes ago, Simon said: Why does Israel get single out? Because it's the Jewish state I guess. thetimesofisrael.com Currently listening to Joanne Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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