Principal brought before court
Photo: Ido Erez
'Principal groped children while discussing studies'
Former principal of school in West Bank indicted on charges of inviting students into his office, touching their sexual organs while discussing schoolwork
A former principal of an elementary school in one of the West Bank settlements was indicted Thursday and charged with molesting students aged 10-14. The affair was first reported by Ynet.
Exposed
Efrat Weiss
Principal of West Bank school arrested on suspicion of having inappropriately touched dozens of teenage male students. Suspect denies all charges
In one case he asked a 12-year-old student to come to his office, locked the door, and asked the student to sit on his knee. He then proceeded to touch the boy's chest and stomach. In another incident he sat a student on his lap in his office and touched his sexual organ while discussing the boy's studies.
Another incident occurred a few years ago, when two 10-year-old students slipped in a puddle and got wet. He invited them into his office, locked the door, and stood them on chairs facing the air conditioning while he removed their clothing and touched their bodies. They had to wait until fresh clothes were delivered, when the principal dressed one of them himself.
The final charge describes a case that took place during a field trip this year. During a visit to a water tunnel the defendant ordered the children to crowd together in order to allow more students to enter, and then exploited the darkness and crowding in the small space in order to grope one child's sexual organ and spank another, telling him, "Now I have the chance to give it to you for what you did during the whole year."
