Israeli welfare authorities killed Reut Ish Shalom

Reut Ish Shalom young women, was adopted at her childhood by the israeli social worker, trying to build her life but the Israeli social workers run after her until her tragic death

A Place Of Her Own :

Director: Sigal Emanuel | Producer: Dikla Barkai

  Produced In: 2011 | Story Teller's Country: Israel

Tags: Culture, Gender, Human Rights, Middle East, Relationships, Violence

Synopsis: For four years director Sigal Emanuel documented the life of Reut, a young girl who got moved from one institution to another until she winds up on the street and gets married. The documentation begins when Reut is a mere seventeen-year-old and gives birth to her first son, who is immediately taken away from her by the welfare authorities. During the filming, amidst fighting the state of Israel all on her own in order to regain custody of her son, she meets a Palestinian man, marries him, moves to his village, and gives birth to two additional children. Along the way she meets several people who, on one hand, try to help her, but also take advantage of the lost soul that she is. An impossible relationship takes form between her and her first son's foster family, religious Jews who live in a settlement in the Occupied Territories. Throughout the years, Emanuel gradually reveals Reut's introverted yet touching character. All she really wants is a place she can call home and some peace of mind, but her life is full of surprising and shocking turnabouts, right up until her life comes to a tragic end.

Ministry of Social Affairs demonstrates grandmother stole my granddaughters

Ministry of Social Affairs demonstrates grandmother stole my granddaughters
Social Affairs demonstrates grandmother stole my granddaughters

2014, 22 May
Demonstration in front of the Minister of Justice

Panic and Terror When a Child Welfare Officer Comes to the Door

On 14/12/08, at 22:04 at night, Israeli Child Welfare Officer Shoshi Hirshenberg knocked on the door of the home of a mother. She wanted to check that everything was OK with her children.

The children were sleeping since 20:00. It should be born in mind that the children are six and four years old. They no longer sleep in the afternoon.

The "Child Welfare" Officer arrived with all of the police of the city of Givata'im (who were on duty), which stunned the mother and frightened her to death.

The policeman, Itai, who is in charge of the shift, gives his guarantee that they won't come into the house. Of course, he did enter and all of the policemen of Givatai'm with him.

What does the "Child Welfare" Officer write in her report the next day? Lies: that the house is neglected and that there is laundry in the living room. The mother lives on the ground floor. Because of this she takes any laundry that is still drying on the rack in at night, so that the laundry won't be stolen as it might be if it remains outside. Besides which, the house was near and orderly. There was food in the refrigerator, and the children slept soundly. With all the tumult from the arrival of the "Child Welfare" officer and the police with their communications devices, the children woke up disquieted.

Her ex-husband served 22 complaints of neglect of the children against her with the police. All of the files against her were closed.

Despite that, the children were removed from their home in January 2009 and brought to an institution run by the World Zionist Organization called "Hadasim" (Myrtle Sprigs") which is in the Sharon area of Israel. There they are to this day. There are injuries on the children.