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Israel/Palestine

aranthus

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7. I don't think that's true.

Reply to Violet_Crumble (Reply #6)

Wed Aug 9, 2017, 11:36 AM

Aug 2017

I suspect that most perpetrators are looking for exculpation more than attention. Is this the sort of thing that would get him off for the crime? Of course not. But would it make his time in jail easier with other Arab prisoners? I think so. He may not have meant it, but it seems as if he was playing to an audience.

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Palestinian man confesses to murdering pregnant Israeli girlfriend [View all] oberliner Aug 2017 OP

Translation: He's afraid of being lynched by Palestinians for having a baby with an israeli woman. DetlefK Aug 2017 #1

May not have been his baby oberliner Aug 2017 #2

male violence against intimate partners is a phenomenon that transcends all political geek tragedy Aug 2017 #3

Except they don't usually scream "Kill all the Jews!" during their hearing oberliner Aug 2017 #4

seems at least plausible this scumbag is concerned about what would happen geek tragedy Aug 2017 #5

Since when do we take seriously what perpetrators of the most extreme domestic violence say? Violet_Crumble Aug 2017 #6

I don't think that's true. aranthus Aug 2017 #7

This message was self-deleted by its author WinkyDink Nov 2017 #8

We're posting local crime stories now? wellst0nev0ter Jun 2018 #9