His only crime was that he was an Arab man who slept with a Jewish woman… if this is the only “democracy in the Middle East” then the Middle East has extremely low standards – Haaretz:Â An Arab resident of Jerusalem who had consensual sex with a woman who believed him to be Jewish, was convicted yesterday of rape by deception and sentenced to 18 months in prison by the Jerusalem District Court. Sabbar Kashur, 30, was convicted as part of a plea bargain. According to the indictment, Kashur met the complainant in September 2008 in downtown Jerusalem, presenting himself as a Jewish bachelor looking for a serious romantic relationship. The couple then went to a nearby building and had sex, after which Kashur left the building without waiting for the woman to get dressed. When the woman found Kashur was not a Jew but an Arab, she filed a complaint that resulted in charges of rape and indecent assault.
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[part of the comment is censored by blog moderator for extreme use of profanity] …according to common law, RAPE IS UNCONSETUAL PENETRATION OF VAGINA W/ THE PENIS.
CONSENT: is a big element that define what is rape and what is not. Consent based on false pretenses is not valid. Meaning, if you obtain consent based on false pretenses it is still rape. So, in the only democracy in the region, the standards are actually pretty high when it comes to women’s right. Sorry, in this democracy: RAPE IS RAPE! [part of the comment is censored by blog moderator for extreme use of profanity]
Arash, this is a despicable ruling and the logic of your comment is equally despicable.
You said: “Consent based on false pretenses is not valid” and that it amounts to rape.
Does that mean that if a man goes to a club and pretends he’s a millionaire, a doctor, a lawyer, or whatever else, seduces a woman and she finds out that all his lines were lies, is that rape?
By Israel’s standards, half of the world’s male population should be locked up.
The truth of the matter is that Israel showed its own racist inclinations by punishing this man simply for duping Jewish women into sleeping w him, an Arab – nothing more, nothing less.
Your lack of logical attests to your inability to pass the bar exam. Good night.