Marital rape in Canada was legal before 1983. In the US, it was made illegal in many states in the 1970's. Not as openly accepting of sexual violence as Israel, but still there. I was raped when I was in Italy in the late 60's. The old man at the hostel was very sympathetic but when I wanted to report it to the police he said they would make it even worse for me because I was a young Canadian woman, travelling alone and my rapist was a military man. Israel is more backward than other countries, more gruesome and louder about saying sexual violence is OK. It is just possible that Israel is getting more global support for their disgusting behaviour than we would like to think.