Shira Isakov
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Shira Isakov | |
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| שירה איסקוב | |
 Isakov outside the Beersheba courthouse, 2021 | |
| Citizenship | Israel |
| Occupation | Domestic abuse activist |
Shira Isakov (Hebrew: שירה איסקוב) is an Israeli domestic abuse activist. On 18 September 2020, Isakov's husband Ariad Moshe attempted to murder her with a knife and a rolling pin in front of their son.[1] Isakov was seriously injured but survived, and asked for her name and image to be made public in media reports following the attack.[2] She went on to become a domestic abuse activist, and her subsequent struggle to divorce her husband and gain guardianship of her son was widely reported on in the Israeli media.[3] In 2021, Moshe was convicted of attempted murder and sentenced to 23 years imprisonment.[4]
On 18 September 2020, during preparations for Rosh Hashanah, Isakov and Moshe had a verbal argument which escalated until Isakov made the decision to leave their home in Mitzpe Ramon with their son to spend the holiday with her parents in Karmiel. Moshe did not agree with Isakov taking their son with her, and began to beat her with a rolling pin before stabbing her with a knife. The family's neighbour, Adi Gozi, heard Isakov's screams as well as her son crying and tried to enter the flat. The police were called and arrested Moshe, who had locked himself in the bathroom. Isakov was transported to Soroka Medical Center, where she was hospitalised for over a month. She asked for photos of her bandaged in her hospital bed to be published in the media.[2]
Trial
On 5 October 2020, the State Attorney filed an indictment charging Moshe with attempted murder and aggravated assault. The indictment, filed with Beersheba District Court, alleged that Moshe had hit Isakov multiple times with a rolling pin she had been using to make challah, strangled her, and stabbed her with a knife multiple times across her body. Moshe was accused of forcing their son to watch the attack.[5][6][7]
In June 2021, while Moshe was in pre-trial detention, it was reported that he had attempted to make plans for Isakov to be attacked, after he was overheard by prison staff speaking to his parents.[8] The investigation was subsequently dropped after the guard retracted their statement.[9]
On 25 August 2021, Moshe was found guilty of attempted murder and child abuse.[10] On 27 January 2022, he was sentenced to 23 years in prison, the maximum possible sentence, and was ordered to pay Isakov 258, 000 NIS in compensation.[4]