Math teacher in Rehovot convicted of sexually harassing student

• Published date: 30 September 2021
• Author: JERUSALEM POST STAFF
• Publication title: Jerusalem Post, The: Web Edition Articles (Israel)

According to the indictment, Melamed was a math teacher for 8th and 9th graders, and on a number of occasions, he touched the student inappropriately in between lessons.

The student told the court that in one of the incidents, Melamed told the student and his friend to stay back after class, and when everyone had left, he told the friend to go too. Melamed then began sexually assaulting the student, asking him if he liked it, and the student said he did not and felt harassed, yet Melamed continued.

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The student was apparently reluctant in reporting the incident. In the verdict, the judge said that "the disclosure was forced on the student, and therefore, I do not accept the claim that he wanted to indict the accused.

"The duality of the student in his attitude toward the accused, an appreciation of him as a dedicated teacher on the one hand, and repulsion of his actions, on the other hand, gives his claims credence. His appreciation of the teacher prior to his assault shows...