Former Israeli President Katsav Convicted of Rape

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Former Israeli President Katsav Convicted of Rape

AP / Oliver Weiken

Moshe Katsav gestures in court in Tel Aviv on Thursday before the verdict was announced.

After three years since the initial charges, an Israeli court has found the country’s former President Moshe Katsav guilty of rape and sexual harassment.

Katsav was driven from office in 2007 due to the charges. —JCL

Los Angeles Times:

Former Israeli President Moshe Katsav was convicted Thursday of raping an aide and sexually harassing two other women, a verdict hailed as evidence of the nation’s independent judiciary and a reminder that no one is above the law.

The case, one of the most serious ever brought against a high-ranking government official here, drove Katsav from office in 2007. Although the spectacle of a president being brought up on rape charges became a source of national embarrassment, many found solace in the judges’ guilty verdict.

“It attests to the strength of Israel’s democracy,” prosecutor Ronit Amiel said after the court’s ruling. “This day teaches us that world leaders and also presidents will be brought to court when needed, and that is a symbol of honor for the state of Israel.”

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By rend, January 1, 2011 at 11:08 pm Link to this comment
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“incessant war against the Jewish state finally come to an end.”

Oh please, who is bulldozing Palestinian olive groves, building settlements on Palestinian
land, moving their capital from Telaviv to Jerusalem, gunning up boats in international water
loaded with aid for imprisoned Gazans? Israel is as much a criminal state as the US.

But perhaps you are being sarcastic in which case you are aware of these shortcomings.

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By PatrickHenry, January 1, 2011 at 11:32 am Link to this comment

I guess it wasn’t only the Palestinians he was sticking it to.

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By berniem, December 31, 2010 at 5:22 pm Link to this comment

I guess we better sit down with the Israelis and teach them the virtues of “Looking Ahead, Not Behind”! Hell, all this scum bag did was dabble in a little bit of rape while our dear “W” and Cheney starred in their own Neuremberg worthy high-jinks and we gladly just moved on to bigger and better atrocities! Hey, afterall, who knows more about truth, justice, transparency and all that good ol’ democracy BS than the US of A?

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By nefesh, December 31, 2010 at 5:00 pm Link to this comment

“It attests to the strength of Israel’s democracy,” prosecutor Ronit Amiel said after the court’s ruling. “This day teaches us that world leaders and also presidents will be brought to court when needed, and that is a symbol of honor for the state of Israel.”

Point taken. Would that any other nation-state in the region have the capability to do the same, perhaps we would see the incessant war against the Jewish state finally come to an end.

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