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Milwidsky hints at innocence in rape case after Knesset panel approval
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleSam Sokol is a former political correspondent at The Times of Israel. He was previously a reporter for the Jerusalem Post, Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Haaretz. He is the author of "Putin’s Hybrid War and the Jews"
Likud MK and suspected rapist Hanoch Milwidsky declares that there is “a world of difference” between the allegations against him and “what actually happened,” speaking shortly after his appointment as head of the Knesset’s Finance Committee was approved over heated protests from opposition lawmakers.
Milwidsky, who is being investigated by police on suspicion of rape and witness tampering, says that he will not discuss the case but he is convinced that once more facts become public “the decent people among you” will “understand a little better what exactly is being discussed.”
He adds that he accepts that the opposition to his candidacy was not personal.
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