Israeli President Moshe Katzav has been charged with a series of sexual offenses, including rape and breach of trust. The Knesset House Committee approved his request last week for a temporary suspension from office while federal prosecutors proceed with a case against him.
Being an Israeli woman nowadays is to feel ashamed that your president is accused of raping women that worked in his office.
Being an Israeli woman nowadays is to know that cases of sexual abuse by powerful people happened and still happen in Israel.
Being an Israeli woman is to be happy that those cases no longer remain just gossip.
Being an Israeli woman is being proud that women in Israel understand that sexual services to the boss are not part of their job description.
Being an Israeli woman is to be angry that the president’s lawyers are working to muddy the women’s names in an attempt to justify the president’s acts.
Being an Israeli women is to be proud that women’s organizations and women in the Knesset support the idea that women have the right to control their own bodies.
Being an Israeli woman is to hope that more Israeli men will understand that sexual harassment is a crime.
Being an Israeli woman is to know that the way that our society and Israeli authorities deal with such cases depends on all of us.
Being an Israeli woman nowadays is to hope for better news from our nation’s politics.
Rakefet Ginsberg is Milwaukee’s shlichah (Israel emissary) and director of the Milwaukee Jewish Federation’s Israel Center.
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