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Last update - 01:10 15/04/2008 Two Scandinavian tourists say three kibbutz men raped them By Jonathan Lis and Mijal Grinberg, Haaretz Correspondents Tags: Rape, Israel  It is still unclear what happened late on Sunday night and early Monday morning at Kibbutz Ein Gedi, next to the Dead Sea. What is known is that two Scandinavian women tourists, aged 17 and 19, returned to the guest house where they were staying and said they had been raped by three men from the kibbutz. The women said they had gone late at night to the room of one of the men, where they were later attacked and raped. The guest-house manager called the police who arrested the three suspects. The young men told the police they had had sex with the young women with their full consent. Judge Yael Raz Levy, at the Be'er Sheva Magistrate's Court, remanded the men for five days, and placed a gag order on their identities. Advertisement The two women had been staying at Ein Gedi for a number of weeks as part of a group of tourists. The rest of the group left the kibbutz, and it seems Israel, on Monday as planned, but the two women have extended their stay for a few days to be available to aid the investigation. A spokeswoman for the kibbutz, Meirav Eilon, on Monday said that other kibbutz members said they had met the two women at various parties and social events over the past few weeks. Kibbutz members refused to speak to the press, passing all inquiries on to Eilon. The question for a closed community such as a kibbutz is how to treat the "suspects and their families. For example: should they be provided with legal support," said one member. Ein Gedi's lawyer, David Gilat, is representing the three. Both the police and the suspects agreed to the gag order: the police to prevent interference with the investigation and the suspects to protect their own privacy. Kibbutz members refused to provide any information concerning the three men, except for the fact that all three are children of kibbutz members, who were released a while ago from the army. Since leaving the army, they have been working in tourism and other kibbutz industries. Only one of the men had a room in the kibbutz's neighborhood for young adults ¬- the room where the alleged rapes took place. Bookmark to del.icio.us   Stronger than its ills The 60th anniversary celebrations are accompanied by a bad taste. Rise in racism Israeli Arabs say institutionalized racism has increased.   1.   Come Visit Israel 03:43  |  Tag 15/04/08   2.   GOYIM ADULTERERS AGAIN IN HOLYLAND? SHAME!! T`FOO)))) 05:45  |  VOICE))))))))) 15/04/08   3.   what`s the problem? 05:48  |  Avi 15/04/08   4.   Kibbutz sharing? 07:19  |  Denise 15/04/08   5.   Poor Scandinavian girls. Shame on these three men. 07:29  |  Fortuna Benmayor 15/04/08   6.   Clickfool converted to Judaism. Now he calls himself "Avi". 07:35  |  Fortuna Benmayor 15/04/08   7.   according to israeli justice... 08:06  |  thinker 15/04/08   8.   Scandinavian tourists say... 23:09  |  Brutus 15/04/08   9.   # 3 NO, THIS ISNT SAUDI ARABIA. 14:37  |  petra 23/04/08   10.   answer to 7, rape charges 15:03  |  gil 23/04/08   11.   What are they doing in his room late at night ? Making Danish ? 16:01  |  Geoerg 23/04/08   12.   ein gedi rape 19:00  |  richard rafael 23/04/08   13.   Hope justice will be done. 20:43  |  B. 23/04/08   14.   Hilarious accusation 14:00  |  M.J. 24/04/08   15.   read the whole article 14:49  |  bare noget 24/04/08   16.   Justice will be served 16:03  |  John Joergensen 24/04/08   17.   Reply to no. 16 23:09  |  Cherie Morgan 24/04/08   18.   2 Scandinavian raped? 01:47  |  JB 25/04/08   19.   Get a mind 01:26  |  Adam 09/05/08

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