Re: I cannot believe you find this a particular flaw within Israeli society, is Belgium so advanced (or backwards) that this never occurs there?
Belgium like most other "developed" countries has its own network of relief outfits for women who've been beaten, abused and molested by their partners... Actually, that was not exactly the point. The point was the current opportunistic smear-campaign against Nigeria and the pending case of an adulterous woman who might be condemned to be stoned to death.... European media (I don't know of US ones) have hammered on that story for months now and, although I don't condone the Islamic shari'a, I'm not fooled by the media either. Their real purpose has more to do with branding a key US ally in Africa as a barbarous regime than with the plight of that hapless slut. After all, if it was just for the sake of succoring abused women, they could as well report the same scandals in Saudi Arabia, Salt Lake City (polygamous Mormons), Japan (and its fancy for schoolgirls), etc.
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