Speaking out
Former Miss World, the Israeli Linor Abargil, is leading a global campaign against sexual violence. Abargil, who was raped at knifepoint only six weeks before being crowned as Miss World, has inspired other Israeli women to break their own silence and in the process, she became a national symbol who helped destigmatize rape in the country.
Free TB/HIV treatment for Israeli patients
To mark World Tuberculosis Day last Monday, the Health Ministry announced that patients suffering from AIDS, TB or carriers of HIV would be treated at the expense of the state. According to the Health Ministry’s TB and AIDS department, in 2012, the rate of tuberculosis patients in Israel was among the lowest in the world – 6.4 per 100,000 residents.
