Arab Man Convicted Of Rape After Posing As Jew To Seduce Woman

Note to self... never lie to get laid in Israel. Especially if I'm an Arab.

An Israeli man of Arab descent has been convicted of rape after allegedly duping a Jewish woman into having consensual sex with him.

30-year-old Sabbar Kashur was sentenced to 18 months in prison on Monday after a Jerusalem court ruled he was guilty of rape by deception. According to the complaint filed by the woman, Kashur, an Arab living in East Jerusalem, introduced himself in September 2008 as a Jewish bachelor seeking a serious relationship.

After the two met outside of a local grocery store, they had consensual sex shortly thereafter in a nearby building. When she found out that Kashur was Arab and not Jewish, the woman filed a criminal complaint for rape and indecent assault. Those claims were later changed to a formal charge of rape by deception as the result of a plea bargain arrangement.


Seriously. This really happened.

I dated a guy for three months once who shaved ten years off his age. Can I accuse him of rape?

Girl, every man in the world!

I don't judge anyone who meets and decides they needed to get it on right then and there. But yeah, I'm generally less inclinded to care about you religion or politcal leanings if it's a "hey, nice to meet you, k, it's ON!" kinda thing than if it's some fancy dinner date.

Does Israel have a Supreme Court? I hope they appeal and his lawyer points out that this provides precedent that could cause basically every man in the country to be convicted of rape.

Yes, Israel has a Supreme Court, and a pretty powerful one by most standards. And if the appellate system in Israel has any sense it'll overturn this appalling and ridiculous conviction, but...

It's worth noting that this case doesn't necessarily set precedent that would make any lying to get sex a rape offense. You can interpret precedent cases as broadly or as narrowly as you want. A broad reading of this one would be that if you lie about anything to get sex, you can be convicted of rape. A narrower reading would be that if you lie about yourself to get sex, it's rape. A narrower reading still (and a totally crazy one) would be that lying about your religious or ethnic group in order to get sex is grounds for a rape conviction. There are probably a bunch of other creative interpretations that could technically work, as well.

Or this case could just be ignored altogether, overturned implicitly if not explicitly. The common law system provides for a lot of possible outcomes.

I think it's great that straight people are cruising the supermarket. It's very book one of "Tales of the City." I just think it's horrifying that they've ruled that he raped her. When she consented.

Thanks for your insight, Plum. It's this part down the slippery slope - " A narrower reading would be that if you lie about yourself to get sex, it's rape" - that totally gives me the willies.

Seriously.

"He said he would marry me!"
"He said they were separated!"
"He said he wore a condom!"
"He said he would pull out!"
"He said he was a doctor, but he's just an X-ray tech!"

Rape- all of them.

A narrower reading would be that if you lie about yourself to get sex, it's rape.

The prosecution claims it's solely because he lied about being married, but every man who lies about his relationship status to cheat is a very broad category.

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Phyllis I resent that you are airing our "dirty Laundry" on this board! I TOLD you I was 48. It's not my fault you were moaning so loud you misunderstood.

Well now that I read that back, I guess it was.

Why did I think all along he was convicted for lying about his ethnicity?

According to this CNN article, he wasn't convicted of lying and posing as a Jew.

He was convicted of lying and posing as SINGLE.

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Dana Pugach of the Noga Legal Center for Victims of Crime:

"As for this particular case, it is not the fact that he was an Arab and claimed to be Jewish. The court emphasized the fact that he claimed to be single while he was married, which would be relevant in the context of a romantic relationship."
Israeli Palestinian man to appeal rape-by-deception conviction

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