State to review actions of Netanyahu aide Keyes on harassment accusations
US Ambassador Ron Dermer's failure to pass on allegations on Keyes to authorities will also be investigated.
By Yonah Jeremy Bob
The Civil Service Commission (CSC) announced on Monday that it would
review whether there are Israel-based allegations against David Keyes
for sexual harassment for the period in which he has worked as Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s English-language spokesman.
Keyes took a leave of absence this week after some dozen sexual
harassment allegations surfaced against him. However, the CSC also said
that from a review of allegations published in the media to date, none
of the incidents cited occurred during Keyes’s service as a public
employee.Accordingly, the CSC said that US authorities might investigate
him for sexual harassment against American citizens while he lived in
the US, but it was doubtful whether it could take any action on those
allegations.
In addition, the CSC said that it would review US Ambassador Ron
Dermer’s failure to pass on allegations to the relevant authorities
which he was told about Keyes’s conduct back when the spokesman was
hired.
Overall, the CSC said that it did not seem that Dermer had violated any
major obligations as the information that was passed on to him lacked
specificity.
Further, it noted that the information provided to Dermer only involved Keyes’s conduct prior to his becoming a public servant.
The CSC’s statement was issued as a growing number of opposition MKs
have called for stronger action to be taken against Keyes and for Dermer
to be recalled.
In an interview Monday with Jacob Kornbluh of the website Jewish
Insider, Julia Salazar, the first public accuser of Keyes, said she
hopes he faces consequences for his actions.
“I am hopeful – because other women spoke out immediately – that there will be some kind of accountability,” Salazar said.
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