Ex-Israeli president sentenced to 7 years for rape

[SandEagle]

http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2011/03/22/general-ml-israel-katsav_8369102.html

"Katsav has claimed he was a victim of a witch hunt driven by ethnic differences among Israeli Jews. Israel's European-descended elite - which has provided every prime minister to date - could never quite accept the ascent of a religious man who immigrated from Iran as a child, he suggested."

"Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed sorrow for Katsav's fate but lauded the sentencing. "Every woman has the right to her body, the right to respect and freedom, and nobody has the right to take these from her," Netanyahu said."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110322/ts_nm/us_israel_katsav


gee, no thread on this? surprise, surprise. :\ if this guy is a real perv/rapist, then hopefully he gets what's coming to him. he'll get a lot of love from Bubbastein in prison. on the other hand, what if he is innocent and it was a set up to get rid of him? hmmm.....

 

[Matt1970]

That isn't even a crime in Palestine, not for the man anyways. They usually take the women out in the streets and stone her to death.

 

[JS80]

That isn't even a crime in palestine, not for the man anyways. They usually take the women out in the streets and stone her to death.

lol you win the thread with the first reply

PS I corrected your post. It's palestine with a lower case "p."

 

[Matt1970]

Oh, sorry. My bad

 

[JS80]

Oh, sorry. My bad

Also there is no such thing as a "palestinian." Refer to them as arabs living in Israel.

 

[SandEagle]

That isn't even a crime in Palestine, not for the man anyways. They usually take the women out in the streets and stone her to death.

typical shill response is to change the subject and start name calling the other side.

Also there is no such thing as a "palestinian." Refer to them as arabs living in Israel.

the maps tell the story. PALESTINE existed on world maps back in the 1800s.

http://www.soundofegypt.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1425

 

[JS80]

typical shill response is to change the subject and start name calling the other side.




the maps tell the story. PALESTINE existed on world maps back in the 1800s.

http://www.soundofegypt.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1425

I guess we're all indians

 

[Matt1970]

typical shill response is to change the subject and start name calling the other side.




the maps tell the story. PALESTINE existed on world maps back in the 1800s.

http://www.soundofegypt.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1425

This is about the earliest map I could find of Israel. Hard to get an exact date since it is out of the BIBLE !!!!

 

[manimal]

I guess we're all indians

Sweet I am opening a casino!

 

[Skyclad1uhm1]

This is about the earliest map I could find of Israel. Hard to get an exact date since it is out of the BIBLE !!!!

Probably 19xx as there was no map there in early versions.

According to their own 'holy' papers the Jews would not get Israel back until the coming of their messiah. Many (especially orthodox) Jews elsewhere in the world also believe that current existance of israel as 'Jewish state' is not right. But those are largely ignored or branded traitors by the pro-israel crew.

So until that time let the Palestinians have Palestine back, and put the 'israeli' Jews in the US where they can steal more and more land by forcing people out of their homes, destroying houses and farmland, building walls, and bombing anyone who complains about it.

 

[Skitzer]

Only 7 years?

 

[Skyclad1uhm1]

Only 7 years?

Yeah, because 'the media' had been so hard on the poor rapist.

 

[Borealis7]

its no surprise there is no thread about this because its not interesting.

SandEagle, i wonder whats your point in posting this? its not like its the first time a president has committed a crime.

in Israel, the president is merely a ceremonial position. the two major things the president does is stamp-approve the appointments of judges and sign pardons for several old prisoners each year.

there is no political gain whatsoever in replacing the president because he doesn't do anything. the Prime Minister is the man in charge even though he is under the president in the political hierarchy.

i think you just never miss an opportunity to shine a spotlight on Israelis who did something wrong. get over yourself.

 

[SamurAchzar]

I guess that in some countries you can get away with such deeds if you're important enough, in others you can not. Good for the Israelis.

 

[Freshgeardude]

Only 7 years?

a previous leader of a country?


this sentence just shows democracy and fairness works in that country.


how many countries convict their previous leaders and throw them in jail?

 

[JEDIYoda]

typical shill response is to change the subject and start name calling the other side.




the maps tell the story. PALESTINE existed on world maps back in the 1800s.

http://www.soundofegypt.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1425

Ummm all the map does is lay down a geographical location...there is no such thing as "Palestinians"....they are people who call themselves albeit falsely Palestinians.

 

[JEDIYoda]

SandEagle, i wonder whats your point in posting this? its not like its the first time a president has committed a crime.

The point is obvious...
He wishes to cast all Jews in a bad light.....

 

[JEDIYoda]

According to their own 'holy' papers the Jews would not get Israel back until the coming of their messiah. Many (especially orthodox) Jews elsewhere in the world also believe that current existance of israel as 'Jewish state' is not right. But those are largely ignored or branded traitors by the pro-israel crew.

You state according to their own "Holy" papers.....that`s a vague statement. You care to back that up......maybe provide actual text......


Actually you are quite wrong in your assertions!
You do not know what orthodox jews believe. You are fabricating things just like Lemon law does to try to make an invalid point!

What the Bible says about the end time is that there is going to be total apocalyspe like the world has never seen. Total anarchy will reign with the "anti - Christ" being in total control of the world. Then things will start unraveling for the anti Christ. Three men will show up on the scene.......and finally God will a mass an army and return to defeat the anti Christ and he will reign from Jerusalem.....do I really need to explain the book of revelation to you??

For you to make such statements about present day Israel and many Jews questioning the existance of a present day Jewish state is just laughable and make you look so totally foolish!

The following is from a Jewish Christian`s viewpoint --

http://www.lamblion.com/articles/articles_revelation16.php

The Hebrew Scriptures say that the Jews were also chosen to be witnesses of God — of what it means to have a relationship with Him (Isaiah 43:10-12). The history of Israel attests to the fact that when one is faithful to God, He blesses; when one is unfaithful, He disciplines; and when one repents, God forgives and forgets and begins to bless once again. Currently, the Jews are under God's discipline, but Bible prophecy tells us a day is coming when a great remnant of them will repent and receive Jesus as their Messiah (Zechariah 12:10). When that happens, God will make them the most exalted nation in the world (Isaiah 60-61:5). Jesus will live among them as King of kings (Ezekiel 43:7), and all of God's blessings to the nations will flow through them (Zechariah 8:22-23).

The Jews are also God's prophetic time clock. By this, I mean He often relates major future events to things that will happen to the Jews as a nation. Daniel's prophecy of the 70 weeks of years is a good example. Daniel says to watch for a decree that will allow the rebuilding of Jerusalem. He then states that 483 years after that decree is issued, the Messiah will come and die (Daniel 9:24-26).

In the New Testament, we have another good example. Jesus told His disciples that a day would come when the Jews would be dispersed among all the nations of the world and Jerusalem would be trampled down by the Gentiles. But then He added that when Jerusalem is no longer under Gentile control, He would return (Luke 21:24). Jesus was simply emphasizing a point that is made repeatedly in the Hebrew Scriptures — namely, that when the Jews are restored to their land to the city of Jerusalem, the Messiah will come (Zechariah 12:3, 6, 8-10 and 13:1).

Another reason for the prophetic focus upon the Jews is because God has promised that He will bring a great remnant to salvation during the final years of Daniel's 70 weeks of years. The Bible makes it clear that during the last half of the Tribulation, God will focus the wrath of the Antichrist upon the Jews, bringing them to the end of themselves and motivating them to turn to God in repentance (Zechariah 12:10, Romans 9:27 and 11:25-26).