ISRAEL'S PRESIDENT COULD FACE RAPE CHARGES

HE'D BETTER CALL CLINTON'S DEFENSE ATTORNEYS....

Israeli president urged to resign (MSNBC)
JERUSALEM - President Moshe Katsav faced mounting pressure on Monday to quit after police recommended he be charged with rape in a sex scandal tarnishing a public office Israelis cherish as being above their rough-and-tumble politics.

Katsav, whose position is largely ceremonial and widely seen as a unifying force in a country of deep political divides, has denied any wrongdoing and said he is the victim of a “public lynching without trial.”

After weeks of investigation, police and the Justice Ministry said they had gathered evidence that Katsav, a veteran politician, “carried out sex crimes of rape, sexual molestation by force and without consent” against women who worked for him....

It will be up to Attorney-General Menachem Mazuz to weigh whether to indict Katsav, 60, and a police source said a decision was likely in about two weeks.

IF KATSAV DOES RESIGN, THERE ARE SOME CALLING FOR NATAN SHARANSKY TO BE THE NEW PRESIDENT.