Arab Poses as Jew to Seduce Woman

(Jerusalem) A 30-year-old Arab resident of Jerusalem, Sabbar Kashur, has been convicted of rape by deception stemming from a 2008 incident when he posed as a Jewish bachelor to get a Jewish woman to engage in sex.

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.

In the verdict, deputy president of the Jerusalem district court Tzvi Segal, along with fellow judges Moshe Drori and Yoram Noam, wrote that although this wasn't "a classical rape by force," and the sex was consensual, the consent itself was obtained through deception and under false pretenses.

"If she hadn't thought the accused was a Jewish bachelor interested in a serious romantic relationship, she would not have cooperated," the judges wrote.

Kashur accepted a plea bargain to spend 18 months in prison.

Frankly, one has to wonder about this case. I suspect it's somewhat common for a man to tell a woman lies while trying to bed her.

In fact I heard about one case where a woman sued a man for lying because he said he would take her to Florida if she went to bed with him. The case was thrown out after the man explained that he never said he was going to take her to Florida, rather he said he was going to tamper with her.

Heh.