Israel and the prostitution law

An unprecedented moral and spiritual revolution is currently taking place in Israel. The government has just approved the application of the law that prohibits prostitution in the country. The new law, passed a year and a half ago by the Knesset, punishes those caught seeking the services of a prostitute, as well as those caught in places known for prostitution, such as brothels and red spots. In it, first-time offenders will be fined NIS 2,000 ($530), with the sum doubled for repeat offenders within three years. Prosecutors will also be empowered to charge clients with prostitution in certain cases, with a maximum penalty fine of NIS 75,300 ($20,400). The law was initially billed to come into force in mid-2020, but was delayed to give the state and other interest groups time to refine rehabilitation mechanisms for sex workers and allow them to find alternative livelihoods. Prostitution in Israel is a $500 million industry, with some 20,000 sex workers. Most of them are foreigners. Israel joins other nations such as Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, etc., who have since adopted the ‘Nordic Model’ to address the problem of prostitution. This model criminalizes the buyers, decriminalizes the seller, and paves a way out for practitioners by providing support services to help them. It also makes sex trafficking a criminal offence. This model has worked well in more than ten countries that practice it.

Speaking about the call and pressure from some right-wing groups to further delay the implementation of the law, the country’s Justice Minister Avi Nissenkorn said that women are not property and their bodies are not rented at any price. He refused to postpone the law. For her part, the head of the Human Trafficking Department of the Ministry of Justice, Dina Domenitz, pointed out that once the law enters into force, the era of ambivalence regarding the phenomenon of prostitution was over… She also agreed with Nissenkorn that women are not for sale, “We are stating, very clearly, that women and men are not commodities to be rented for an hour, and their dignity and freedom cannot be disregarded. We hope that this law will help thousands of people who practice prostitution. , reduce the phenomenon of human trafficking and also bring about real social change for women,” she said. Before now, the country had taken this long battle to strip clubs, lap dance clubs and other lewd venues. I recall that Tel Aviv’s notorious and sodomic Pussycat strip club was shut down and then converted into a center for Jewish values ​​in 2019. This club could be correctly described before it was shut down as a mainstay in the immoral capital of the Middle East. our beloved holy land?

We commend the government and people of Israel for their steadfastness in addressing this disgraceful, degrading and cancerous global threat. This long-standing lewd practice brings so much pain, stain and shame to those involved, their families and society. We all know that prostitution has health, psychological, social, security and spiritual implications. It promotes the spread of HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and we know how many people die or are left permanently ‘unproductive’ from these terrible diseases every day. The statistics are there. There are many health problems around you. In fact, someone asked if these haunting patrons don’t see the decay, the scars, the stitches, and the bleeding on the bodies of these ladies of easy virtue. It destroys the individuals involved psychologically and emotionally. Life truncates dreams, visions and aspirations. It also diverts resources, energy, emotions, care, and time that should be channeled into the right relationships and family. And these activities are not only in the brothels, there is also private and corporate prostitution all around us. So, it also has security implications. We know that these prostitutes and brothels harbor criminals, spies, and other antisocial elements. A nation that carelessly leaves the men and women of the street free will definitely open its doors to enemies. It will be very difficult for you to make sure.

Then the spiritual: prostitution and other immoral acts bring ruin and spiritual defeat. Before now, I have been wondering how Israel has managed to resist or defeat her enemies in the midst of all these weaknesses. Real. In the Bible, we are variously warned against prostitution and sexual immorality, and such sins always brought defeat and divine punishment. When Sodom and Gomorrah practiced homosexuality and other sexual sins, they were completely wiped out and wiped off the map of the world. When Noah’s generation lived in sexual sins that included sleeping with demon spirits, they were swept away by the flood. When the sons of Eli practiced the same thing in the house of God, Israel was repeatedly defeated by their enemies, the Ark of the Covenant was captured and Priest Eli, his sons and hundreds of Israelite soldiers paid with their lives. You also remember the notorious, Jezebellian and Satanic ‘Doctrine of Balaam’ – where sexual immorality and idolatry were deliberately used to alienate Israel from God’s protection and presence. They paid directly for that carelessness. God’s people could not be defeated until they engaged in such sinful practices. Sin opens the door to defeat. This satanic strategy is still in use and very effective today. God does not take the sins of immorality, idolatry, rape, and the shedding of innocent blood lightly and that is why in the Old Testament laws anyone who is involved in any of these is allowed to be stoned to death. In the New Testament, we are also seriously warned to flee from prostitution and sexual sins because the partners involved automatically become one in flesh, soul, spirit, and destruction. In fact, the Apostle Paul clearly asked in 1 Corinthians 6:16, “Do you not know that he who joins himself to a harlot is one with her in the body? For it is said that the two will become one flesh.” I hope you have understood very well?

And because the sexual relationship was originally and divinely created to make the husband and wife one, united, covenanted physically and spiritually, a prostitute and the client or sexual partners also become one in a blood covenant, a soul tie, in curses and in punishment. Yes, sex is more than physical pleasure and fantasy. it is spiritual it is divine It is not as simple as the world wants us to believe. It is actually pouring out and receiving life from the partners. And that is why it also produces psychic, emotional and spiritual ‘currents’ of life. In fact, we have discovered that blessing, curse. favors and spirits (demons) can be transferred through sexual intercourse, and now imagine how much of the negative can be contacted through prostitution and immorality. By abolishing this sinful practice, Israel will now be stronger spiritually, physically, and militarily. Now you can face with confidence, with divine security, your security, economic and social challenges. They have always counted on this. They will now be completely divinely protected.

Now, Israel must also immediately follow this move with a total ban on same-sex practices and gay parades. It always makes me want to throw up every time I see homosexuals marching through holy ground with their rebel flags and their wicked suits, dresses and banners. Gay parades in the holy streets of Jerusalem and Israel? It’s always like watching a horror movie for me. I mean the same city and town that God named after him and said will be called his forever? And I always wonder if it is the same land that produced and welcomed characters like Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, great prophets like Moses, Samuel, Elijah and Elisha, judges like Deborah and Samson. Powerful kings like David, Solomon, Josiah, Jehoshaphat and agents of positive change like Jesus, Peter and Paul? It always leaves some of us in shock and disbelief. Remember that billions of Christians, Judaists and others pray, watch, monitor and feel what is happening in Israel on a daily basis. We urgently call on other countries to emulate Israel by enacting laws that will restore humanity’s dignity and purpose.

Gabriel is the author of the books/audiobooks: The Power of Midnight Prayer, Receive Your Healing, Breaking Generational Curses: Reclaiming Your Freedom, Never Again!, I Will Not Die, Carry On and many others https://www.amazon .com /s?I=strip books&rh=p_27%3AGabriel+Agbo&s=relevancerank&text=Gabriel+Agbo&ref=dp_byline_sr_book_1