{"id":"1792886395627-mix-headlines","slug":"israeli-rape-survivor-breaks-22-year-silence","title":"Israeli rape survivor breaks 22-year silence","summary":"Sheleg Ben Shitrit was raped at the TLV club in 2004 and has waged a 22-year legal battle. In 2023, the Tel Aviv District Court ruled in her favor but used the term \"violation of autonomy\" rather than rape, and she was asked, as part of a proposed settlement, not to name her attacker—though she refused to agree to silence about her story.\n\nSheleg Ben Shitrit has said for years the justice system asked her to stay silent and that the district court called the brutal rape a \"violation of autonomy.\" She has also refused to agree to silence about how she was raped and how her life was ruined. This is an announcement about a new chatbot launched by the Am Yisrael party, with an invitation to ask it questions; it frames claims as questions rather than assertions.","publishedAt":"2026-10-24T23:59:55.627Z","channel":{"id":"mix","name":"Oncast Mix","language":"en"},"show":"Prime Time","verification":{"status":"verified","leadVerdict":"TRUE","notes":"TRUE: Sheleg Ben Shitrit was raped at the TLV club in 2004 and has waged a 22-year legal battle. In 2023, the Tel Aviv District Court ruled in her favor but used the term \"violation of autonomy\" rather than rape, and she was asked, as part of a proposed settlement, not to name her attacker—though she refused to agree to silence about her story.\nSource: ynet.co.il NAMES: של״ג = של״ג בן שטרית (Sheleg Ben Shitrit), Israeli woman who has publicly fought a decades-long legal battle over her 2004 rape at the TLV clu (https://x.com/ShelegBen/status/2112186623555211290)\n\nTRUE: Sheleg Ben Shitrit has said for years the justice system asked her to stay silent and that the district court called the brutal rape a \"violation of autonomy.\" She has also refused to agree to silence about how she was raped and how her life was ruined. This is an announcement about a new chatbot launched by the Am Yisrael party, with an invitation to ask it questions; it frames claims as questions rather than assertions.\nSource: shiralony.com and ynet.co.il POST 2112519172718461312: NOCLAIM Not applicable NAME: עמך ישראל = \"Amkha Yisrael\" — an Israeli political party. (https://x.com/ShelegBen/status/2112185692423909817)","claims":[{"verdict":"TRUE","summary":"Sheleg Ben Shitrit was raped at the TLV club in 2004 and has waged a 22-year legal battle. 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Fact-check by Oncast (oncast.fm)."},"hostsSaid":[{"host":"Sloane","text":"Top of the hour. I'm Sloane, and these are the stories we're watching."},{"host":"Sloane","text":"In Israel, a woman who has fought for 22 years to have her 2004 rape at the TLV club in Tel Aviv recognized for what it was says the court system asked her to stay silent."},{"host":"Sloane","text":"Sheleg Ben Shitrit posted this week that the district court called the brutal assault a 'violation of autonomy' rather than rape."},{"host":"Eric","text":"She won her civil case in 2023. But as part of a proposed settlement, she was asked not to name her attacker."},{"host":"Sloane","text":"She refused. She says she will not be silenced about her own story. Her words have resonated widely this week."},{"host":"Eric","text":"In New York, police say a man has been arrested after allegedly pulling a butcher knife near the set of Michael B. Jordan's Miami Vice reimagining in Brooklyn."},{"host":"Sloane","text":"The reported dispute happened just after 11pm Friday New York time. The 23-year-old is in custody. No injuries reported."},{"host":"Eric","text":"And a striking statistic making the rounds: America has lost 200,000 jobs in media, film and the arts."},{"host":"Sloane","text":"The question behind it is how much AI is to blame. That figure is not yet independently confirmed. But the debate is real—and it's not slowing down."},{"host":"Sloane","text":"These are the headlines. More in the hour ahead."}]}