Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s chief of staff has announced that he will be resigning due to a sexual harassment scandal. According to a female employee, Natan Eshel took pictures of her, sent her inappropriate emails, and conducted himself inappropriately. Read more after the jump.
The Israeli Justice Ministry says Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s chief of staff will resign under a plea agreement in which he admited to sexually harassing a female employee.
The ministry said Sunday that Natan Eshel, a close confidant to Netanyahu, will step down by the end of the month.
The statement says that under the plea deal, Eshel admitted to harassing a female worker in the prime minister’s office by taking photos of her, reading her private e-mails and other “unbefitting and unacceptable” behavior.
Eshel will also be reprimanded and banned from public service.
Netanyahu’s office declined comment.
