David Keyes, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s foreign media adviser, has agreed to officially step down from his position in exchange for the closing of the Civil Service Commission’s investigation into his conduct, Hadashot news reports.
Keyes went on open-ended leave of absence in September, vowing to clear his name after more than a dozen women complained of inappropriate behavior by him, including alleged instances of sexual assault and harassment, all but one of which related to the years when Keyes lived in the US before he went to work for Netanyahu in Jerusalem in 2016.
Israel’s Ambassador to the US Ron Dermer, who was tipped off regarding Keyes’s behavior, but did not relay the information to Netanyahu, is expected to have the Civil Service Commission’s probe against him closed and deemed that the information he received had only been general in scope.
Sources in the PMO say they have not heard from the Civil Service Commission and therefore cannot comment on the matter.
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