Ops & Blogs | The Times of Israel » Rebecca Hughes http://blogs.timesofisrael.com The Marketplace of Ideas Tue, 18 Jun 2013 02:42:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Tel-Aviv Takes a Stand Against Sex-Cards http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/tel-aviv-takes-a-stand-against-sex-cards/ http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/tel-aviv-takes-a-stand-against-sex-cards/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 16:56:28 +0000 Rebecca Hughes http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=128328 Most people are surprised to learn that prostitution is legal in Israel, and all too often after discovering this people assume nearly every activity and business related to prostitution is legal. However, Israel’s laws regarding prostitution are complex and deserve further discussion. The government may have legalized prostitution, but it has also passed laws intended [...]

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]]> http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/tel-aviv-takes-a-stand-against-sex-cards/feed/ 0 The Myth of ‘Consensual Prostitution’ http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/the-myth-of-consensual-prostitution/ http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/the-myth-of-consensual-prostitution/#comments Fri, 03 May 2013 09:01:46 +0000 Rebecca Hughes http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=122812 This post was guest written by Natasha Mann. Natasha is an intern with ATZUM’s Task Force on Human Trafficking. She helps manage TFHT’s Project 119, a lobbying effort to pass legislation that would criminalize the act of purchasing sexual services in Israel. – The difference between consent and coercion is vital to the discussion of legislation [...]

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]]> http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/the-myth-of-consensual-prostitution/feed/ 8 A Major Concern: How Prostitution Affects Us All http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/a-major-concern-the-impact-of-legal-prostitution/ http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/a-major-concern-the-impact-of-legal-prostitution/#comments Wed, 17 Apr 2013 11:08:25 +0000 Rebecca Hughes http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=118798 In January Israelis flocked to the polls to elect the 19th Knesset. The result was a serious shaking up of the government. The elections ushered in 53 new MKs, a record number of women, and Yesh Atid, a party registered a mere nine months before the elections which is suddenly a major player in Israel’s [...]

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]]> http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/a-major-concern-the-impact-of-legal-prostitution/feed/ 9 Sex slaves in the Holy Land, then and now http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/hookers-in-the-holy-land-an-uncomfortable-history-in-israel/ http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/hookers-in-the-holy-land-an-uncomfortable-history-in-israel/#comments Sun, 13 Jan 2013 21:34:16 +0000 Rebecca Hughes http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/?p=94260 Prostitution in the Holy Land has a long history that stretches back to before Israel’s founding in 1948. At the start of World War II, Tel Aviv was known as a “Holiday City.” Soldiers and men throughout the region poured into the city to partake of its burgeoning flesh trade and, according to complaints filed during the [...]

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