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3 Kibbutz Ein Gedi youths indicted for rape of tourists By Mijal Grinberg Three Kibbutz Ein Gedi residents were indicted in the Be'er Sheva District court yesterday on charges of raping two Danish tourists, after it was discovered that the suspects filmed themselves allegedly assaulting one of the women. According to the indictment, Ron Roditi, Ben Ever and Dan Lahav met the two women in a pub at the kibbutz, and the five drove to Lahav's house where they spent time drinking. One of the complainants later remained at Lahav's house, where she said Lahav raped her, while the other one went with the other two men. Advertisement The other woman said the two men took her to a lawn where they threw her down a raped her. However the two men said they drove her to her room. As proof, they showed police pictures from their mobile phones. The prosecutor said in court that the mobile phones show footage of the men throwing her on the grass. The footage shows them telling the woman to "kiss us," and when she says no they then tell her to "have sex with us." When she again refuses, the suspects are seen pulling her out of the car and throwing her down. Ironically, it was the suspects that handed over the filmed footage to the police, who thought that it would disprove the alleged victim's version of what happened. "My son was in a room with the girl, who slept at his house willingly two days before the incident," Hannah Lahav, Dan Lahav's mother, told Haaretz yesterday. "The sex was consensual. How did she know what was happening with her friend? My son is the salt of the earth, he was in an elite unit, he's a gentleman. He couldn't hurt a fly, and he doesn't do anything by force. The fact is there were no bruises found on the women." Lahav's mother also said the cell phone could have merely caught some drunken high jinx. "It hurts me that the boys appear as if they were dangerous to the public," she added. "I hope in the end the truth will come out." Lahav and others at the kibbutz said yesterday they did not know why the women had filed the complaint, but that there are rumors that in Denmark they could receive compensation, and so they used their last day in the country to file the complaint. Attorney Giora Zilbershtien, who represents two of the accused, said the evidence is not strong enough to convict them. Bookmark to del.icio.us   JDate wins the 'Oscars' The leading Jewish dating Web site is an official honoree of the Webby Awards. 'Worse than Nazi camp' A Libyan envoy to the UN says the situation in Gaza is worse than in concentration camps.

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