Two more Knesset members are calling on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to fire his foreign media adviser, David Keyes, following following sexual assault allegations by over a dozen women.
Zionist Union MK Ksenia Svetlova slams Netanyahu for his silence in the wake of the allegations made in a Times of Israel report published yesterday.
“Is this the attitude towards women in the Prime Minister’s Office? His silence sends a message that women are objects of sexual gratification,” she tweets. “The prime minister must take the appropriate measure as quickly as possible.”
Fellow Zionist Union lawmaker Aliza Lavie also slams the prime minister for not responding to the allegations against Keyes.
“The accumulation of such severe accusations by a growing number of women requires an immediate and clear response,” Lavie says in a statement. “The silence from the Prime Minister’s Office is infuriating, and could be construed as acceptance of his actions. This must not be the face of Israel and the prime minister must suspend Keyes from all activities, at least until all of the suspicions have been investigated.”
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