Netanyahu lashes out at state prosecutor for ‘using rape victims’ to justify prosecuting him

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lashes out at State Prosecutor Shai Nitzan after the latter tied the prosecution of rapists to his handling of the cases against the premier.

“Suppose there was a public persona that raped someone, and you were to say to me: ‘But most of the public voted for him.’ What does it matter? It doesn’t work that way in the modern democratic system,” Nitzan explained in a Channel 12 interview defending his decision to indict Netanyahu.

“I am not comparing rape to the current charges, but it is impossible to make legal decisions like in a reality show. A person’s legal fate cannot be decided by a ballot,” he asserted.

Netanyahu in a tweet says: “It is shocking that Shai Nitzan is using rape victims to justify his obsessive witch hunt against me. Apparently there are no limits in the effort to topple the Likud government under my leadership. Shai Nitzan must apologize immediately — and first off to victims of rape.”