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Rape charge for Arab posing as Jew

An Arab man has been charged with raping an Israeli woman for having consensual sex while pretending to be a Jew.

July 21, 2010 08:41

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Jennifer Lipman,

Jennifer Lipman

1 min read

An Arab man has been charged with raping an Israeli woman for having consensual sex while posing as a Jew.

The Jerusalem District Court sentenced Sabbar Kashur to 18 months in prison for rape by deception as part of a plea bargain.

Mr Kashur, 30, from east Jerusalem, presented himself as a Jewish bachelor to a woman he met in the city in 2008. But after the couple had sex in a building nearby she discovered he was not Jewish and filed a complaint for rape and indecent assault.

The court convicted him because it found that the woman would not have consented “if she hadn't thought the accused was a Jewish bachelor interested in a serious romantic relationship". Accordingly the court ruled that her consent was based on false premises.

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