Israel's President, Moshe Katsav, will confess to sexual assault and harassment charges. What a pig.
What kind of Nation would elect such an immoral and mentally ill person to lead their country? Of course, Israel is not really a country, not judging by Palestinian standards anyway.
JEWISH RAPIST?
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JERUSALEM (AP) - President Moshe Katsav signed a plea bargain Thursday that will force him to resign but included no rape charges and entailed no jail time, Attorney General Meni Mazuz said Thursday.
The unexpected deal, which included three lesser charges, abruptly ended an especially sordid case in a country where high-level officials - including Prime Minister Ehud Olmert - increasingly have been implicated in scandals.
In the space of a year, Katsav has sunk from being "Israel's No. 1 citizen to a convicted sex offender," Mazuz told a news conference.
Accusations against Katsav first surfaced a year ago, and eventually spread to include four women who formerly worked with him in the president's office and earlier when he was tourism minister.
In January, Mazuz announced he planned to indict Katsav on charges of rape and lesser counts of sexual misconduct. But he allowed Katsav's attorneys to appear before him at a hearing in May to plead their case, as is customary practice with senior officials. At that two-part hearing, new evidence was presented, he told the news conference, but did not give further details.
Many of the allegations expired under Israel's statute of limitations, Mazuz added.
He did not say when Katsav would step aside, and the president's office had no details.
Under the deal, Katsav - who had insisted he was innocent of wrongdoing and the victim of a slur campaign-will plead guilty to sexual harassment, indecent acts and harassing a witness, Mazuz said. He will pay damages to complainants, but receive a suspended sentence, he added.
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Source: http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/World/2007/06/13/4257361-ap.html
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