A former minister who was convicted of perpetrating an indecent act on a younger feminine soldier in 2007 rejected on Thursday fees by what he called “an extreme feminist group, which gives a bad name to feminism,” which stated he's not match to lecture subsequent yr at Tel Aviv University.
Haim Ramon, who was sentenced to 100 hours of group service for thrusting his tongue into the mouth of a feminine soldier towards her will on the Prime Minister’s Office, informed Israel Radio that he would sue anybody who called him a s3x offender.
“The same court that found me guilty ruled that I was not a s3x offender, that there was no moral turpitude,” he stated, including that the Supreme Court, to which girls’s teams subsequently turned in an unsuccessful bid to stop him from returning to public life, discovered that it had been a one-off occasion and never half of an ethical sample.
On Wednesday, a group of feminine college students wrote to Tel Aviv University’s administration, “A person who was convicted of indecent acts by a young woman, and who even slandered her name as part of a public campaign waged alongside his court case, cannot teach young female students at the university,” including that using a “s3x offender” gave the clear message that the college supported “this man.”
Students stroll by way of the Tel Aviv University campus in Israel. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)
Ramon, who studied regulation at Tel Aviv University and who went on to function a Knesset member and a minister and to lead the Histadrut labor federation, stated, “I cannot give in to the battle of an extremist feminist group which provides a dangerous title to feminism.
“All my life, I was clean, I made a mistake, the court ruled it was a one-off event, that I could return to public life — and for one thing, 12 years ago, I’ll give in to that terror? Not on my life. They’re mistaken.”
He also said that his course was elective and that anybody who felt uncomfortable didn't want to attend his lectures.
A press release from Tel Aviv University stated: “Haim Ramon served his sentence and paid his debt to society.”