The director of Naamat, an Israeli women's organization, commented on the death of a woman in a domestic dispute earlier this evening in Ashdod.

"Israeli society is bleeding and women are among the first to be hurt. This place has become a madhouse and this atmosphere is certainly not helpful to the tens of thousands of women in Israel who live in constant fear of violence. The government is busy dealing with itself instead of with life. There must be legislation designed to combat the violence at home."