‘Some women enjoy rape,’ Tel Aviv judge says
Retired magistrate Nissim Yeshaya makes inflammatory remark while hearing appeal in the case of rape of 13-year-old girl
June 5, 2013, 12:33 pm
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ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR FUCKING MIND
I HAVE BEEN RAPED I NEVER ENJOYED RAPE AND NO WOMAN OR MAN LIKES BE IN RAPED
YOU ARE SO FUCKING SICK I CANT TAKE ANY MORE OF THIS BULL SHIT MOST WOMEN OR MEN WHO ARE RAPED END UP ON DRUGS OR BOOZE
MOST END UP IN JAIL OR DEAD
NONE EVER HAVE A WONDER FULL LIFE
WE DONT TRUST ANY ONE
WE DONT LET ANY ONE THOCH US
YOU SAY WE LIKE IT
YOU ARE A FUCKING RETARD I HATE ALL OF YOU MOTHER FUCKERS WHO RAPE ANY ONE
COME NEAR ME I WILL DEFEND MY SELF
A judge in Tel Aviv sparked
outrage on Wednesday after he reportedly remarked, during an appeals
hearing on a rape case several days ago, that some women enjoy rape.
Nissim Yeshaya later apologized for his remark.
Yeshaya, who served on the bench of the Tel
Aviv District Court from 1993 to 2009, has retired but was leading a
panel that was hearing an appeal on Monday when he said aloud that
“there are women that enjoy rape,” bringing the room to sudden silence,
Army Radio reported.
Retired judge Nissim Yeshaya (photo credit: courtesy Ministry of Justice)
According to a lawyer present at the scene,
Yeshaya “didn’t really understand what he said and didn’t understand why
everyone was quiet.”
The hearing involved the case of a 13-year-old
Israeli girl who was raped by four Palestinian teenagers from the
Shuafat refugee camp six years ago.
The four were captured, convicted and
imprisoned, but the Defense Ministry ruled that the rape was not a
“hostile act” — that is, an act of political aggression. This meant the
victim was not be entitled to government compensation and other benefits
which terror victims receive. The Defense Ministry oversees criminal
cases involving West Bank Palestinians.
The victim was in court to appeal the Defense
Ministry’s decision and was described as being “upset and very hurt,”
but she said that she didn’t think that Yeshaya’s remark was said out of
“malice or evil.”
Her lawyer. who argued that the victim was
targeted because she was Jewish, told Army Radio that “the problem is
that state of mind, that thought, that prejudice against the victims of
sexual assault. It’s the tip of the iceberg when judges trip up in their
language and give expression to what is in their hearts.”
Yeshaya later officially apologized for his
remark. The Courts Administration said in a statement that “things were
said” during the heated debate but there was “no intention to hurt or
belittle rape victims,” adding that Yeshaya would be summoned to clarify
what happened.
On Wednesday Yeshaya’s statement was panned by
politicians, who called for his removal. Culture Minister Limor Livnat,
who also heads the ministerial committee for the advancement of women,
called on court administrator Judge Michael Shpitzer to ban Yeshaya from
future participation on legal panels.
“The judge’s statement was appalling and
outrageous,” she said. “It is difficult to assess the total harm it
caused, which may deter other sexual assault victims, present and
future, from reporting attacks.”
Veteran MK Reuven Rivlin (Likud) also said
that Yeshaya should be removed from any official positions in the
judiciary, as did Meretz leader Zahava Gal-on.
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