Скачать или смотреть Rape conviction of ex-Israeli President Moshe Katsav

Israel's Supreme Court has upheld a Tel Aviv district court's conviction of former Israeli President Moshe Katsav on two counts of rape and other sexual offenses. The ex-president had hoped the Supreme Court would believe his testimony that his relationship with the former employee at the Tourism Ministry was consensual, but instead the Supreme Court justices unanimously rejected his appeal. He has been sentenced to seven years in prison and is expected to surrender himself into custody on December 7th.

Prosecutors and women's rights groups across Israel are applauding this decision as a triumph for victims of sexual assault, and as JN1's Jordana Miller reports, many Israelis feel safer after seeing that no one is above the law. However there is also a degree of embarrassment at the prosecution of such a high-ranking official. Katsav will become the first Israeli president to serve time in prison.