A man was sentenced Wednesday to 21 years in prison for the brutal rape of a woman in her home in Gedera in 2023, in a case that charged Jewish-Arab...

Social life and society | Jul 30, 2026, 9:00 AM

Barakat Abu Asa, a Bedouin resident of Tel Sheva, was sentenced to 21 years in prison for the 2023 aggravated rape of a woman in her Gedera home and for abusing her two-year-old son who was present.

The case drew attention to Jewish-Arab tensions, though prosecutors presented no evidence of nationalist motivations.

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