Israel becomes 10th country to criminalize hiring prostitutes

When the law goes into effect, a first-time offender will be fined NIS 2,000 for hiring or attempting to hire a prostitute and NIS 4,000 for further offenses.

Representatives of women's rights NGOs and MKs after passage of Knesset law criminalizing the hiring of prostitutes, December 31, 2018

Representatives of women's rights NGOs and MKs after passage of Knesset law criminalizing the hiring of prostitutes, December 31, 2018

(photo credit: OFFICE OF MK SHULI MOALEM-REFAELLI)

ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, LAHAV HARKOV

DECEMBER 31, 2018 14:27

Updated: DECEMBER 31, 2018 23:34

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