Moshe Katsav

MK Orit Zuaretz campaigns to remove bust of former president and convicted rapist Moshe Katsav from President’s Residence.

As long as Katsav refuses to admit that he is a rapist and express remorse for his actions, he cannot begin the process of rehabilitation.

I hope the former president will stop playing victim and will start taking responsibility... As low as he fell, just as high Moshe Katsav can still rise.

Justices cite several interviews that former attorney-genera gave to the press expressing personal opinion of Katsav's guilt.

"Justice was done," says Yacimovich, who testified at trial for prosecution; Livni: complainants "should inspire anyone afraid to complain."

History of Katsav saga that has fascinated Israeli public for more than five years.

The former president is angry over his treatment by judicial system, confident that he "knows the truth."

Also reacting to former-president's sentence, Aleph from Beit Hanassi says it should have been doubled if other women were considered.

Feldman says court erred when it accepted Aleph's credibility without testimony, accuses former A-G Mazuz of swaying justices' ruling.

Livni: Success of complainants bolster rape victims in Israel; Zuaretz: We need to limit time a criminal can postpone sentence through appeal.