Rape by deceit or protecting racial purity
Sabbar Kashur, an Arab man who lives in Jerusalem, was convicted of raping an Israeli woman and sentenced to 18 months in jail because, although she willingly had sex with him, he told her that he was an Israeli.
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.
I don't know jack about Israeli law, but I note that the article says he plea bargained - granted people plead guilty to all kinds of things because they fear longer prison sentences, but if he admitted guilt that takes some of the sting out of it. Nevertheless, the prosecution and the prison sentence reek of government sanctioned racism, the likes of which should not be seen in any developed nation in this day and age.
So, is this the same as a man lying and telling a woman that he is a government worker who will get her housing if the woman has sex with him? No - without a doubt this is more like: if a light skinned black man in the American south lies and tells a white woman he is white, she then sleeps with him 15 minutes after meeting him, and the man is later prosecuted for rape. Racism is what it is, even in Israel.
And - 15 minutes after she met him? Not that it matters, but isn't there a real possibility that money changed hands before the deal went down?
