Israeli lawmaker to PM: Dismiss US envoy over aide scandal
Source: Associated Press
Aron Heller, Associated Press
Updated 6:53 pm CDT, Sunday, September 16, 2018
JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli opposition lawmaker on Sunday called on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to dismiss his ambassador to the United States for failing to report sexual assault allegations against a top Netanyahu aide, ballooning an already embarrassing scandal for the Israeli leader.
Karin Elharrar of the centrist Yesh Atid party said Ron Dermer should be recalled from Washington for not reporting the warnings he received about David Keyes, Netanyahu's spokesman to foreign media. She also lashed out at Netanyahu himself for staying mum on an issue that has engulfed his close associates.
"His silence is thundering. I would expect from the prime minister a clear condemnation, if not at least a mention that the allegations were being looked into," Elharrar told The Associated Press. "Who if not the prime minister should be an example on this matter? It's time that this issue of sexual harassment be at the top of his agenda."
Last week, Julia Salazar, a candidate for New York's state senate, accused Keyes of sexually assaulting her five years ago. Wall Street Journal reporter Shayndi Raice tweeted she too had a "terrible encounter" with Keyes before he became Netanyahu's spokesman. She described him as a "predator" and someone who had "absolutely no conception of the word 'no.'"
Read more: https://www.chron.com/news/crime/article/Israeli-lawmaker-to-PM-Dismiss-US-envoy-over-13233110.php
https://www.graceland.com/!userfiles/022216ambassadornews.jpg
Israel's Ambassador to the United States Ron Dermer
and his wife, Rhoda, visited Elvis Presley's Graceland
= new reply since forum marked as read
Here is my shocked face: 
Gee, I'm totally shocked, how unusual that a murderer doesn't care that his top aide is a predator and covers up for him! 
