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Israeli President to be Charged With Rape

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Posted on Jan 23, 2007
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From Haaretz.com

The office of the attorney general of Israel intends to charge President Moshe Katsav with rape and abuse of power. He will be allowed to present his case before charges are filed. Katsav has indicated he might resign if indicted.


BBC:

Mr Katsav denies allegations of rape and sexual misconduct made by several female employees in recent months.

The recommendation to indict him comes amid a flurry of corruption allegations against top-level Israeli politicians.

Mr Katsav’s lawyers said he was innocent and charges would be dropped after the attorney general heard Mr Katsav’s side of the story.

[...]Attorney General Menachem Mazuz’s office issued a statement saying there was enough evidence to support an indictment against Mr Katsav on charges of rape, harassment, abuse of power and obstruction of justice, among other crimes.

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By CitizenDefender, June 28, 2007 at 8:50 pm Link to this comment

After reading the story about Israeli President Moshe Katsav agreeing to resign or face rape charges it reminds me of another country. Israel really is like a little USA!

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By Quy Tran, January 24, 2007 at 12:00 pm Link to this comment
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Bush/Cheney were in favor of this animal act made by Moshe Katsav. No surprise because they’re at same level which is hatred towards human beings. Being coexist with animals is so difficult.

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By dick, January 24, 2007 at 8:04 am Link to this comment
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“Israel is the most corrupt country in the West”, statement by the Accountant General of Israel on 1/15/07.I believe it.

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By Big Al, January 24, 2007 at 7:27 am Link to this comment
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This is a nice curiosity item, like the shark that spat out the man.

And I’m glad that the guy’s a Likudnik. I would be equally happy to know that a piano had fallen on him, or that he had inexplicably burst into flames.

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By mike didj, January 24, 2007 at 1:51 am Link to this comment
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This is just the very tiny tip of the iceberg.

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By Boggs, January 23, 2007 at 9:52 pm Link to this comment
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I do believe Terry is on to something!
Seems the right wing in any country seeks power over the weak (disarmed), women, children and puppies. Besides Iraq, New Orleans comes to mind.
You will not likely see the right wing go after the strong like Osama binLaden or Saudia Arabia, or China.

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By Quy Tran, January 23, 2007 at 7:24 pm Link to this comment
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He got used to abuse human beings through animal forces. He and his fellows forget constant obligations of morality. He and those who hanged President Saddam Hussein are in the same level or equal to DEVILS.

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By Caly, January 23, 2007 at 6:06 pm Link to this comment
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Zionist hoodlums indeed.

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By Conservatives who hate women?, January 23, 2007 at 6:05 pm Link to this comment
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Shocking, just shocking. And a religious man, no less – who knew? Who ever heard of a right wing religious nut doing nasty things in private?!?! A violent bigoted religious zealot – I thought that only happened with Christians and Muslims.

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By Rodney Matthews, January 23, 2007 at 5:33 pm Link to this comment
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All supported by the U S Government

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By Terry Sloth, January 23, 2007 at 4:38 pm Link to this comment
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Interesting that he is in the right-wing Likud party, it seems that his predecessor also had issues—maybe there are correlations between corruption, aggression against the Palestinians, and the abuse of women.

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