Oh my G-d, you've got to be kidding me!

Israel, are you serious? You're really starting to scare me now.  This week, an Israeli court sentenced a man named Sammy Kashur, 30, to 18 months in prison for "rape by deception" for having consensual sex with an Israeli woman in her late 20s because he lied and said he was a single Jewish man looking for a committed long-term relationship. Mr. Kashur however, is an Arab.  Here's the official summary:

According to the indictment, Kashur met the complainant in September 2008 in downtown Jerusalem, presenting himself as a Jewish bachelor looking for a serious romantic relationship. 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.

Uh...newsflash ladies, men will say anything to get into your pants.  But, seriously Israel, rape? Here's what the Israeli court had to say for itself.

"The court is obliged to protect the public interest from sophisticated, smooth-tongued criminals who can deceive innocent victims at an unbearable price — the sanctity of their bodies and souls."

I'm not too sure this lady was that concerned about her soul, seeing as she hooked up with the guy after meeting him in a grocery store "went to a nearby building and had sex."  I don't think that soul is heaven-ready quite yet, even if he was Jewish.  I think Kashur's public defender, Elkana Laist put it best,

"The test the court adopted is problematic, because it means that every time a man tells a woman he loves her, based on which she sleeps with him, he could be convicted of rape."

Ladies, before you have intercourse with a man who you hope is interested in a long-term relationship, make him take you to a movie and buy you some popcorn or for crying out loud have him take you to dinner and buy you the most expensive thing on the menu before you go "to a nearby building and [have] sex." That way you know he's in it for at least the medium-haul if not the long haul.

And if this story wasn't creepy enough, check out this public service announcement about "lost" Israeli's who, heaven forbid, married outside their faith.