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Israeli president resigns over sex offences |
2007-06-30 |
![]() The Iranian-born president was forced out of his seven-year term in office some two weeks before Nobel peace laureate Shimon Peres is officially sworn in as his successor, having been elected Israel’s ninth president this month. ‘I wish to end the term of my office two weeks in advance and therefore I announce my resignation,’ Katsav wrote in the letter to Itzik, according to parliamentary sources. The 61-year-old and Israel’s first head of state born in an Islamic country on Thursday signed the deal, admitting to a series of sex offences, including harassment and indecent acts, but dropping two rape charges. The plea bargain sparked a wave of national outrage. |
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#1 Deny! Deny! Deny! Whatta loser. |
Posted by: William Jefferson Clinton 2007-06-30 12:17 |