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Manner of Speaking
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 Posted: Sun Oct 15, 2006 11:31 pm Post subject: Israel police recommend president be charged with rape |
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When I first read this, I thought it was a hoax: 
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Israel police recommend president be charged with rape
JERUSALEM : Israeli police told the attorney general on Sunday there was enough evidence to indict President Moshe Katsav on charges of rape, sexual harassment and wire-tapping, at the end of a week-long probe. "There is sufficient evidence indicating that in several cases... the president carried out acts of rape, forced sexual acts, sexual acts without consent and sexual harassment," the police said in a statement.
"There is sufficient evidence indicating violation of the law banning wire-tapping by the president," police said following a meeting with investigators and Attorney General Menachem Mazuz in Jerusalem. During recent weeks, police had investigated no fewer than 10 complaints of rape and sexual harassment by former Katsav employees during his presidency and before that as agriculture minister.
The 61-year-old Iranian-born president has been questioned by police five times over allegations that he forced women employees to have sex with him by abusing his position of authority. Police sources now say that an indictment could be filed in three or four of these cases.
Mazuz is expected to decide in the coming days whether to file an indictment against Katsav, who has denied the allegations and rejected calls that he step down pending the investigation. Despite the dramatic development in the scandal, which has rocked Israel, Katsav has repeatedly rejected calls for his immediate resignation.
"Police have no legal authority to make any recommendations of this type," said Katsav's attorney Zion Amir in a statement following the announcement. "This is not the first time police have recommended the indictment of senior figures, including prime ministers, and those recommendations have all been rejected," he said, referring to former prime minister Ariel Sharon.
The decision came on the eve of the opening of parliament's winter session, during which the president traditionally makes a speech. Katsav said following the police announcement that he would attend Monday's ceremony but would not speak. Katsav has been under criminal investigation since July, when a senior female aide complained she was sexually harassed while working under him.
The president filed a simultaneous complaint to the attorney general against the aide for extortion. But police said on Sunday that there was no substantial evidence to back accusations by Katsav's legal team that one of the complainants attempted to blackmail him over the rape allegations.
The married father-of-five, who could yet be forced to resign, has claimed he was the victim of a "witch hunt" by the national press. The Katsav case is the latest blow to Israel's leadership, with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's government steering its way through public anger over failings of its 34-day war against Hezbollah in Lebanon. - AFP/de
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/235665/1/.html |
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Big_Bird
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| Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 1:14 am Post subject: Re: Israel police recommend president be charged with rape |
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| Manner of Speaking wrote: |
When I first read this, I thought it was a hoax:
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Why? They've been discussing this for months... |
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Boodleheimer
Joined: 10 Mar 2006
Location: working undercover for the Man
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| Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 2:26 am Post subject: |
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| he'll never be charged. just like sharon was never tried for war crimes. |
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Big_Bird
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| Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 3:21 am Post subject: |
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| KWhitehead wrote: |
| he'll never be charged. just like sharon was never tried for war crimes. |
Sharon only participated in the brutal killings of thousands of Arab civillians. Pifling stuff - certainly nothing to write home about. On the other hand, raping your own country(wo)men might not go down too well with your electorate. |
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Big_Bird
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| Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 5:58 pm Post subject: |
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Could this be the face of a rapist?
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The Israeli presidency is largely a ceremonial role, with little real power, but is seen as an important unifying role in an often bitterly fractured political environment.
Police issued a statement about the allegations after meeting Mr Mazuz yesterday. The statement said there was evidence the president committed crimes of "rape, aggravated sexual assault, indecent acts without permission and offences under the law to prevent sexual harassment".
Israeli media said the most serious charges were that he had raped two women. |
http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,,1923505,00.html |
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