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You are here: Home / Crime and Punishment / Israeli Official Charged in Child Sex Ring Flees the U.S.

Israeli Official Charged in Child Sex Ring Flees the U.S.

August 20, 2025 at 2:54 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“MAGA is pushing the Trump administration to explain why an Israeli official who was arrested in an undercover child sex sting in Nevada was allowed to leave the U.S. after posting bail,” Axios reports.

“The outrage marks the latest fissure between Israel and MAGA, which already faces a generational divide over how much the U.S. should support Israel amid the war and humanitarian crisis in Gaza.”

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