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By Josef Federman, Associated Press Writer | October 15, 2006
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JERUSALEM --Police recommended Sunday that Israeli President Moshe Katsav be charged with rape, sexual assault and
fraud, the most serious charges ever to face an Israeli leader.
The recommendation came at a meeting between police investigators and Attorney General Meni Mazuz. The final decision on
whether to put the president on trial is up to Mazuz.
He does not have a deadline for making his decision and is expected to take several weeks to study the evidence.
Katsav has denied all wrongdoing. In a statement released by his office, his lawyer, Zion Amir, said police are not
authorized to bring charges, noting that in the past, when police have recommended putting senior officials on trial,
the attorney general has dismissed most of the cases.
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Israel Radio and Channel 2 TV have said the case against Katsav is based on complaints by five women who allege he made
unwanted sexual advances toward them during his tenure as president and before that, as a government minister.
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