Palestinian man jailed for raping Israeli woman, because he was not really Jewish

[Kuya]

A court in Jerusalem has made international legal history by jailing Sabbar Kashur, a 30-year-old delivery man from East Jerusalem, for 18 months.



He was convicted of "rape by deception" following a criminal trial that has drawn criticism from across Israel.



The court heard accusations that Mr Kashur misled the woman, whose identity has not been disclosed, by introducing himself with the traditionally Jewish name during a chance encounter on a street in central Jerusalem in 2008.



After striking up a conversation, the two went into a top-floor room of a nearby office-block and engaged in a sexual encounter, after which Mr Kashur left before the woman had a chance to get dressed. It was only later that she discovered Mr Kashur's true racial background, lawyers said.

"If she hadn't thought the accused was a Jewish bachelor interested in a serious romantic relationship, she would not have co-operated," Mrs Segal said as she delivered her verdict.

Kashur was originally accused of violent rape and indecent assault, but later accepted the lesser charge under a plea-bargain after prosecutors received evidence suggesting the encounter was consensual.



Kashur’s lawyer, Adnan Aladdin, said he had filed an appeal to ensure that the verdict was not considered precedent-setting, adding that otherwise “many men would find themselves in jail.”



Israeli legal experts said they found the verdict disquieting.



"In the context of Israeli society, you can see that some women would feel very strongly that they had been violated by someone who says he is Jewish but is not," said a former senior justice ministry official.

Israeli human rights activists said that Kashur's actions reflected the deceits many Palestinians practise when in Israel in an attempt to avoid official and private prejudice because of their background.



"It is very well known that Israeli-Palestinians living in Israel disguise themselves," said Leah Tsemel, a human-rights lawyer. "You change your accent and you change your dress because if you look like an Arab you face harassment.



"If you want to enter a pub, you'd better not look like an Arab and if you want to have sex with an Israeli girl, you had better not look like an Arab."

This is so hilarious and crazy on so many levels.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...be-Jewish.html

[thetruepandagod]

Im not sure if i hate jews or women more.

[blkswrdsmn]

Rape by deceit?

You guys better watch out what you say to a chick at the bar. If she finds out you make $30k a year and not $50k like you said... it's rape.

Makes perfect sense.

[Ralan]

Maybe if his lawyer hadn't set Genie free he could have had a ticket out of this mess.

[kuronosan]

Maybe he should have bombed her house. Then she would have never told anyone.

[Cadsuane]

caveat emptor

[Chen]

"by introducing himself with the traditionally Jewish name"

"some women would feel very strongly that they had been violated by someone who says he is Jewish but is not"

never said he was jewish, nor was she violated, how can a :former senior justice ministry official make such a mistake

[archibaldcrane]

The court heard accusations that Mr Kashur misled the woman, whose identity has not been disclosed, by introducing himself with the traditionally Jewish name during a chance encounter on a street in central Jerusalem in 2008

Do we know what name he used?

[Tagus]

Wait, your name is Kashur? I thought you said you were Kosher!

[Kuya]

Do we know what name he used?

Daniel

[Quixon]

Do we know what name he used?

Schlomo

[Lucavi]

Rape by deceit?

You guys better watch out what you say to a chick at the bar. If she finds out you make $30k a year and not $50k like you said... it's rape.

Makes perfect sense.

Shit, girls can do it all the time.

"Yeah, I'm totally 21. Look at my ID."

Yeah, it turned out to be fake. Yeah, statutory rape. Yeah jail time for being "misled"

[Zoolander]

"If she hadn't thought the accused was a Jewish bachelor interested in a serious romantic relationship, she would not have co-operated," Mrs Segal said as she delivered her verdict.

lol what the fuck, obvious racism is obvious. Whole thing is all kinds of crazy, I really hope this doesn't fly well with normal Israeli people (article eludes that it is not?).

[Tagus]

Dang... 2008? On a totally unrelated note, does the US have a statute of limitations on rape? I was watching some crappy daytime tv show during lunch today, and this chick was saying that they have rape kits from ten years ago sitting in police lockup in some cities.

[archibaldcrane]

Dang... 2008? On a totally unrelated note, does the US have a statute of limitations on rape? I was watching some crappy daytime tv show during lunch today, and this chick was saying that they have rape kits from ten years ago sitting in police lockup in some cities.

Depends on the state I think. Old rape cases occasionally get solved by DNA evidence from old rape kits when a rapist gets busted later on for something else.

[archibaldcrane]

What makes this ridiculous is that he could've lied to her about anything else - he could've said he was a millionaire world-traveling race car driver, but as long as she didn't think he was Jewish as part of the deceit she would've never gotten this to stick.

And the idea that "If she hadn't thought the accused was a Jewish bachelor interested in a serious romantic relationship, she would not have co-operated" is hilarious considering she just met some dude in the street and was banging him hours later. That's the classy way to invest in a serious romantic relationship!

[tyven]

i cant wait till this woman has kids and her children google her and learn about her whorish jew ways

[Xno Kappa]

I want to believe there's more to this story because this shit is pretty ridiculous.

[Tagus]

lol what the fuck, obvious racism is obvious. Whole thing is all kinds of crazy, I really hope this doesn't fly well with normal Israeli people (article eludes that it is not?).

I dunno man... they really hate Palestinians. This whole thing is insane though. There aren't many men alive that haven't said what they needed to in order to get some. I'd be curious what the Palestinian community thinks about this guy.

[Zoolander]

Collective "brofist" I'm sure.

Missed this gem in the article:

Although conceding that the sex was consensual, district court judge Tzvi Segal concluded that the law had a duty to protect women from "smooth-tongued criminals who can deceive innocent victims at an unbearable price"

holy fuck lol, I could totally go to jail for rape.

Edit: nvm, I'm white. Silly me.