Current sectionIsrael NewsIsrael Political NewsShare to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribeDemonstration in Wadi Ara in 2022. Credit: Amir Levy Demonstration in Wadi Ara in 2022. Credit: Amir Levy Claims against a high-ranking Hadash figure first surfaced in 2019. Feminist activists say the response this time points to a broader shift, as women challenge a deeply rooted culture of silence around sexual violenceAdi HashmonaiSeptember 05, 2026Last July, about a month before the allegations against Hadash politician Jafar Farah erupted into a public controversy, some 30 men gathered outside Qalansawa City Hall. It was an unusual sight: They held signs in Arabic and Hebrew denouncing a public employee whom a local woman had reported to police for alleged sexual harassment.Loading...Click the alert icon to follow topics:Israel protestJoint ListIsraeli politicsArab IsraelisWomen's rightsHadashCommentsLoading...In the NewsIn the News: Live UpdatesNetanyahu October 7Settlement Sanctions Israel-U.K.EisenkotJD VanceBen-GvirGazaIsrael ElectionHaQuizHaaretz PodcastJohn Malkovich Cancels Israel Performance Over Quotes Falsely Attributed to HimTrump: Iran War Will End 'Immediately' After the U.S. Midterm ElectionDenisovan Culture Revealed in Bat Cave in ChinaU.S. Jewish Umbrella Group Condemns Import Ban on Goods From Israeli SettlementsEarliest Known Drug Use and Its Consequences Discovered in IndonesiaRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMINetanyahu Got an Explicit Warning Before Oct. 7. He Didn't Brief Security ChiefsThink Bibi Is Bad? Meet Sara NetanyahuIMDb Replaces the Name Israel With 'The Occupied Palestinian Territories'Netanyahu Was Warned About October 7. Will Haaretz's Exposé Change Anything?Water Crisis Triggered by Gaza's Ruin: Israel Is Paying the Price of DestructionNetanyahu Says He Will Sue Haaretz Following Oct. 7 ExposéMore Stories to Explore