Zionist Union MK called on to step down after new harassment allegations emerge

Lawmakers call on Zionist Union MK Eitan Broshi to resign after a TV report this evening details fresh sexual harassment allegations against him.

“Broshi and all the other sex offenders of his kind have no place in the Knesset or the public arena, even if no criminal proceedings have been initiated against him,” Zionist Union MK Shelly Yachimovich writes on her Twitter account.

“It is true there is no way at the moment to remove him against his will, but come on, Broshi, go home,” adds Yachimovich.

She also says an incident earlier this month in which Broshi touched the buttocks of fellow Zionist Union MK Ayelet Nahmias-Verbin during a trip for lawmakers from the opposition faction should have ended his political career. Broshi later apologized for the incident.

Meretz MKs Tamar Zandberg and Michal Rosin also call on Broshi to resign.

“It appears there was rather a systematic behavior of harassment, and it can’t be that an elected official continues in his role,” tweets Rosin.

The Haaretz daily meanwhile reports that Zionist Union leader Avi Gabbay is expected to dismiss Broshi, following a Channel 10 report this evening in which a women detailed alleged harassment by Broshi 15 years ago.