Israeli president urged to quit over rape allegation | Top News | Reuters.com

Israeli president urged to quit over rape allegation | Top News | Reuters.com: "JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli President Moshe Katsav, under pressure to resign after police recommended he be charged with rape, stayed away from a parliamentary ceremony on Monday after legislators threatened to snub him.

The allegations have cast a shadow on the presidency, a public office Israelis cherish as being above their usual rough-and-tumble politics.

Katsav, whose position is largely ceremonial and who is widely seen as a unifying force in a country of deep political divides, has denied any wrongdoing and said he is the victim of a 'public lynching without trial'." Read complete post here.