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Sabbar Kashur on the cover of HaIr

A rapist who dodged jail, or a Palestinian man unjustly accused?

A few weeks ago, a story about a Palestinian man convicted by an Israeli court of raping a Jewish woman made headlines around the world. Sabbar Kashur, a 30 year-old resident of East Jerusalem, was convicted not of rape by physical force, but rather of rape by deception: according to the verdict, he presented himself…

By Lisa Goldman September 5, 2010