The Israeli President, Moshe Katsav, has been accused or rape, sexual harassment and other illegal conduct. Police have recommended he be charged, however, he has immunity from prosecution unless he is impeached by parliament. Ten women made complaints against Katsav, but five of those women no longer have legal recourse because the statute of limitations has run out.
This story broke (from what I can tell by a brief look at google news) around the 11th - 14th of September in Middle-Eastern news. That is one month ago. Western news sources are only now catching on. CNN has reported on it but other major news outlets in the US seem to be either ignoring it or haven’t caught on yet. There was nothing on the Fox News website when I checked just now (However I did find this delightful piece on how real men don’t wear ‘flip flops’ but that’s a whole other post).
What do you think? Wilfull ignorance or just lag time?
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