Evidence revealed last week has cast new light on the case of Saber Kashur, the Arab man convicted of rape for telling a woman with whom he had sex that he was Jewish.

The sex was considered a rape only because Kashur masqueraded as a Jew.

The Jerusalem DA's office agreed however that, although the rape was violent, Kashur would be charged with the lesser crime of "rape by deception" in order to avoid the victim being cross-examined.