Fighting Human Trafficking in Israel

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Rescue & Restoration

Human trafficking remains a significant and devastating concern in Israel, with recent reports highlighting both ongoing challenges and efforts to combat this issue. Through our comprehensive anti-trafficking initiative, we rescue victims, restore dignity, and rebuild lives through professional counseling, job training, and long-term support. With only 5 convictions from 25 investigations in 2022, the need for civil society action has never been more urgent.

The Trafficking Reality in Israel

Israel serves as both a destination and transit country for human trafficking. Victims—primarily women and children—are exploited in forced labor, sexual exploitation, and other forms of modern slavery. Many come seeking a better life but find themselves trapped in nightmarish situations with no way out.

The Hidden Crisis

  • Trafficking Hub: Israel serves as both a destination and transit country for human trafficking
  • 325 Documented Victims: Between 2017-2021, Israel recognized 325 trafficking victims—71% women, 28% men, 1% minors
  • Multiple Forms of Exploitation: Victims face sexual exploitation (40%), conditions of slavery (44%), and other circumstances (16%)

Vulnerable Populations at Risk

  • 23,081 Asylum Seekers: As of December 2023, African asylum-seekers from Eritrea and Sudan face heightened trafficking vulnerability
  • Legal and Economic Barriers: Limited work rights and economic challenges increase exploitation risks for vulnerable populations
  • Tier 2 Classification: The U.S. State Department’s 2024 report indicates Israel doesn’t fully meet minimum standards for eliminating trafficking

These sobering realities demand immediate, compassionate action—and that's where our life-saving work begins.

Our Three-Pillar Approach

1. Rescue and Immediate Care

Providing immediate care and resources:

  • 24/7 emergency hotline
  • Safe house accommodation and protection
  • Medical care and legal advocacy
  • Crisis intervention and stabilization

2. Counseling & Healing

Professional therapeutic services including:

  • Individual trauma-focused therapy
  • Group counseling and peer support
  • Art and music therapy programs
  • Spiritual care and emotional healing

3. Economic Empowerment

Breaking the cycle through:

  • Vocational skills training
  • Hebrew language classes
  • Computer and technology courses
  • Job placement assistance and mentorship
  • Micro-business development support

The Enforcement Challenge

While Israel has legal frameworks criminalizing both sex and labor trafficking, enforcement remains a critical gap. In 2022, Israeli police initiated 25 human trafficking investigations, resulting in 10 prosecutions and only 5 convictions. Most concerning, no labor trafficking prosecutions were reported that year, despite NGOs identifying and referring cases to the government.

Policies limiting work rights for asylum seekers have increased their vulnerability. The government's non-enforcement policy for Ukrainian refugees and asylum seekers creates conditions that could potentially lead to trafficking situations.

Rebuilding Dignity

In a modest center tucked behind a bustling Tel Aviv street, 22-year-old Amina sat quietly, eyes downcast. Trafficked from Eastern Europe and rescued just weeks earlier, she had escaped captivity—but not the trauma.

That’s where we came in.

Blessing Broker is partnered with local Israeli counselors to provide trauma-informed therapy. With patience and compassion, Amina slowly began to speak, to trust, to hope.

But healing doesn’t end with safetyit begins with purpose.

Through our boots-on-the-ground job placement initiative, Amina was trained and placed with a small company that values second chances.

One survivor. One life rebuilt. And we’re just getting started.

*Names, photos and specifics have been changed to protect the innocent.

How We Broker Your Blessing

Initiate

Through rigorous research, scouting, and vetting, we initiate special projects to reach the most desperate individuals with loving care, kindness, and provisions to alleviate their need.

Oversee

We shepherd special projects from the planning and execution process to ensure that the Kingdom Investments you're making are safeguarded from waste and abuse.

Report

When you Partner to bless an individual, family, or community through our well-managed initiatives for a special project, we provide a full report of your Kingdom Investment with narrative detail and photographic evidence.

A group therapy session in a secure Israeli rehabilitation facility where five women sit in a circle

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*Names, photos and specifics have been changed to protect the innocent.

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