Police Fund to Host Singer Eyal Golan Amid Ongoing Investigation
Translated & summarized from Kan News by baba
The Police Fund is marketing a show featuring singer Eyal Golan to police officers, despite Golan being under ongoing investigation for sexual offenses. Victim advocacy groups have strongly condemned the decision, calling it disgraceful and a slap in the face to sexual assault victims.
The story in 5 lines · by baba
- Singer Eyal Golan to perform for police officers amid ongoing investigation.
- Victim advocates call the performance decision 'disgraceful' and 'twisted'.
- Police investigation into Golan involves supplementary inquiries.
- Complainants have appealed against the closure of a related case.
- The High Court of Justice is involved in a petition against the police.
The Police Fund is marketing a Hanukkah show called "Hysteria," featuring singer Eyal Golan, for police officers. This comes as Golan himself remains under police investigation. The case, handled by the Central Fraud Unit, stems from a complaint filed against him in May, with recent weeks seeing supplementary investigation activities.
Separately, the Tel Aviv District's Central Unit was directed by the State Prosecutor's Office to conduct further investigations in the "Company Games" case, following an appeal by complainants Taisia Zemolotsky and N. against the case's closure. The police had opposed these supplementary actions, and the prosecution is expected to respond to a petition filed by N. against the police to the High Court of Justice by Wednesday.
Orit Sulitsianu, CEO of the Union of Assistance Centers for Victims of Sexual Assault, criticized the Police Fund's decision. "The fact that the Police Fund chose, out of all the excellent singers in the country, to invite Eyal Golan, the protagonist of the 'Fotmobile' affair,' to perform for Israeli police officers is simply disgraceful," she stated. Sulitsianu described the choice as "a twisted decision to invite a singer tainted by a huge stain of disgraceful, degrading, and offensive behavior towards Taisia and towards N."
She added, "A singer who managed to evade punishment due to the police's negligent investigation, and now this singer is chosen by the same police to perform before them. How will victims of sexual violence dare to come and complain to the Israeli police when their officers are going to dance at Golan's performance? We call on the Police Fund and the Israeli Police to cancel this performance as it constitutes a resounding slap in the face to victims of sexual violence."