It is an unusual dinner party. The hostess inspects the hands of half the guests, then allows them to carefully wash the hands of their partners with a bowl and jug of water. Therese, the hostess, is wearing a black dress with a cane hanging from one side of a belt and chains hanging from the other.

The ritual is simply the beginning of another Thursday night at Israel's only sado-maso club, the Dungeon. The club, which is in the heart of the old town of Jaffa, surrounded by Christian monasteries and mosques, has a hardcore of devotees to BDSM (bondage, discipline, sadism and masochism) and hundreds more voyeurs. Click here for the full article