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21st July 2010, 16:02
from: http://english.aljazeera.net//news/middleeast/2010/07/201072191017847251.html
An Arab living in Israel has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for having consensual sex with an Israeli woman who apparently believed he was Jewish.
Sabbar Kashur was sentenced on Monday after being convicted of "rape by deception".
Prosecutors acknowledged that the sex was consensual, but accused him of misrepresenting himself.
The court agreed, sentencing Kashur despite acknowledging that his case was not "a classical rape by force".
"If she hadn’t thought the accused was a Jewish bachelor interested in a serious romantic relationship, she would not have co-operated," the judges said in their ruling.
"The court must protect the public interest against sophisticated criminals with a smooth tongue and sweet talking, who can lead astray innocent victims."
Jews are legally forbidden to intermarry in Israel.
Gideon Levy, a liberal columnist with the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, said the "rape by deception" law would have been applied differently (http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jul/21/arab-guilty-rape-consensual-sex-jew) if a Jewish man had sex with an Arab woman under false pretences. "Would he have been convicted of rape?" Levy asked. "The answer is: of course not."
i added bold to quotes.
what do you think of this case? i think it is stupid. maybe could say fraud but not rape.
and what if sweet talk lead astray not innocent people? is that a problem? this women obviously not innocent by the meaning the court mean.
An Arab living in Israel has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for having consensual sex with an Israeli woman who apparently believed he was Jewish.
Sabbar Kashur was sentenced on Monday after being convicted of "rape by deception".
Prosecutors acknowledged that the sex was consensual, but accused him of misrepresenting himself.
The court agreed, sentencing Kashur despite acknowledging that his case was not "a classical rape by force".
"If she hadn’t thought the accused was a Jewish bachelor interested in a serious romantic relationship, she would not have co-operated," the judges said in their ruling.
"The court must protect the public interest against sophisticated criminals with a smooth tongue and sweet talking, who can lead astray innocent victims."
Jews are legally forbidden to intermarry in Israel.
Gideon Levy, a liberal columnist with the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, said the "rape by deception" law would have been applied differently (http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jul/21/arab-guilty-rape-consensual-sex-jew) if a Jewish man had sex with an Arab woman under false pretences. "Would he have been convicted of rape?" Levy asked. "The answer is: of course not."
i added bold to quotes.
what do you think of this case? i think it is stupid. maybe could say fraud but not rape.
and what if sweet talk lead astray not innocent people? is that a problem? this women obviously not innocent by the meaning the court mean.