• hunglee2 a day ago

    Main point missing from the title - said government official was then released for unspecified reasons and is now in Israel.

    • jasonvorhe a day ago
      • kotaKat a day ago

        Have to wonder why he was even allowed to flee the country in the first place. They didn’t gank his passport?

        He ain’t coming back now.

        • beardyw a day ago

          If he did something which hurt the government he wouldn't get away.

          • NomDePlum a day ago

            Do you mean he will not escape this crime (if guilty), or that if it was a crime the government cared more about that he would not have been allowed to return to Israel?

            • Tostino a day ago

              I read it as the latter fwiw.

          • netsharc a day ago

            There's a story of the Saudi embassy in the US (correction: it was the Canada-based embassy of this "great" nation) issuing fake identities to suspects of crime (sexual assault) to allow them to flee. A quick search of "saudi arabian rapist fake passport" gives me a lot of hits that Jeffrey Epstein also had a Saudi Arabian passport... huh.

            But since the Israelis are noble and are the only free democracy of that region, I can't imagine they would do something like that... /S

            https://www.vice.com/en/article/saudi-arabia-may-have-helped...

            • NomDePlum a day ago

              There was no need for fake passports in this case. He was just allowed to return to Israel. It's unclear whether this is because of the individual or whether accused paedophiles are regularly allowed to leave the country.

            • dkiebd a day ago

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              • mindslight a day ago

                No, it's not.

                There are certainly real dynamics that make popular "conspiracy theories" resonate. The problem is such theories are overly simplistic tripe that play to people's gut feelings. They actually prove way too much, and mainly serve to obscure the real complexity of situations.

          • retox a day ago

            Our greatest ally.

            • NomDePlum a day ago

              Full title: Israeli government official arrested in Nevada in internet crimes against children sting

              • tucnak a day ago

                I get a feel that paedophilia is much more common than you would think.

              • NomDePlum a day ago

                Dup of: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44927125

                Missed as not returned by search. As appears to be the case for this posting too. Neither is (currently) flagged.

                • Steven420 a day ago

                  Interesting... Why wouldn't this post show up in search if it isn't flagged?

                  • NomDePlum a day ago

                    Not sure. Interested to find out if my experience is repeatable?

                    Edit: search as a whole seems to be having issues with more recent items.

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                  • belter a day ago

                    Here is a interesting fact, for which there is documented evidence. Before the outrageous deal by Alex Acosta, Jeffrey Epstein traveled to Israel, most probably waiting for the outcome of the Acosta deal.

                    "How a future Trump Cabinet member gave a serial sex abuser the deal of a lifetime" - https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/perversion-of-just...