The originator of one of Israel's most noticeable salvage associations has been blamed for explicitly attacking ladies and youngsters over a time of many years.
Yehuda Meshi-Zahav set up Zaka in 1989, and was as of late granted the Israel Prize - the country's most elevated non military personnel honor.
The claims were first revealed by Haaretz paper on Thursday, driving police to dispatch an examination.
Mr Meshi-Zahav has relinquished his Israel Prize and ventured down as head of Zaka.
In a letter to Zaka individuals and volunteers, he said he was surrendering the prize "out of profound worry for this blessed association that I have worked with my own two hands". He likewise called the charges "ridiculous", Haaretz gave an account of Friday.
The claims against Mr Meshi-Zahav date back to the 1980s.
Haaretz addressed six individuals who say he attacked them when they were little youngsters, teens, and in their 20s.
As per neighborhood media he was explored by police over rape charges in 2011, however the case was subsequently shut for absence of proof.
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The legal time limit has expired on five of the six cases portrayed in the paper, which means police can't research them. In any case, they have now dispatched an examination concerning the 6th case, wherein a lady says she was assaulted by Mr Meshi-Zahav when she was in her 20s.
Zaka is an organization of volunteer-based local area crisis reaction groups in Israel. It created following Palestinian self destruction assaults on Israeli transports, and its principally super Orthodox individuals were regularly first on the scene to help losses and recuperate casualties' remaining parts.
In an articulation, the association said it needed to "keep the names and notorieties of the great many Zaka chips in away from this occurrence, and to explain that they don't have anything to do with it".
It added that its administration was "stunned" by the claims, and that they had trust in the authority examination.
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