Israel-Palestine Inter-Continental Violence Takes New Turn

Thursday December 29, 2010

Israel-Palestine Inter-Continental Violence Takes New Turn

After a drawn out, much publicized public hearing spanning over four-years, Moshe Katsav of Israel has finally been ‘convicted’ of aggravated rape battery –Clearly, this type of conviction would be publicized much sooner and with a much longer life-sentence…. Well it seems that the local yokels responsible for faulty news reports and general treason all around (NYC-9/11, Vietnam-the70’s, Grenada-the80’s, etc) have fallen to a new low. One can rest assured that even in the underdeveloped nations (Israel-Palestine, Haiti-Dominica, Canada, etc), it does not take four years to publicize the prosecution and conviction status of a serial rapist or any other violent felon. But thanks to the AP/Associated Press (the same folks responsible for those titillating Rose McGowan, Robert Redford and Oprah Winfrey (local nightlife) sightings (3-5page) editorials) for finding the time to summarize the generalities of this case. See the so-called story below (all three paragraphs…)… JJ/-R

AOL/APNewsLink

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101230/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_israel_katsav
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(AOL/Associated Press) - (Aron Heller) Thursday December 29, 2010

JERUSALEM – An Israeli court has convicted former President Moshe Katsav on two counts of rape.
Thursday's conviction means Katsav will face a minimum of four years in prison. The verdict marks the climax of a four-and-a-half year saga that has riveted the nation as it watched its top citizen face the most serious charges ever leveled toward an Israeli public official.
The 65-year-old Katsav is also facing charges of lesser sex crimes involving two other former employees. A verdict on those charges is expected later in the day.
Israel's presidency is a largely ceremonial position. But the allegations roiled the country by portraying the man supposed to be Israel's moral compass as a predatory boss who forced himself on female employees.

Katsav resigned in 2007 and was replaced by Shimon Peres.