US Senate candidate, reporter accuse Israeli PM’s foreign media spokesman of sexual assault
'Two women, a New York State Senate candidate and a Wall Street Journal reporter, have accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s foreign media spokesman, David Keyes, of sexual assault.
Julia Salazar is a Democratic candidate for the New York State Senate and member of the Democratic Socialists of America. She faces off against incumbent Martin Dilan on Thursday. With just days to go, Salazar tweeted that she was sexually assaulted by Keyes in 2013, before he took up his post as Netanyahu’s spokesman.
While Salazar had made and deleted a Facebook post detailing her alleged experience in 2016, her tweet on Tuesday came in response to a planned story by the conservative Daily Caller “outing” her as the assault victim. The Times of Israel had originally reported on accusations against Keyes in 2016, but had concealed Salazar’s identity.
Speaking to feminist blog Jezebel on Tuesday, Salazar described her alleged encounter with Keyes. Salazar was a 22-year-old student at Columbia University in 2013, and was involved in pro-Israel activism on campus. Keyes reached out to her on Twitter and suggested they meet up for tea and to discuss Middle Eastern politics.
Locked into a discussion on Israel and Palestine, the pair went back to Keyes’ apartment when the cafe closed. There, she alleges, Keyes became “pushy.”
He “physically powered over me, put his arm around me and started forcibly kissing me,” Salazar claimed. Keyes supposedly forced Salazar to perform oral sex on him, and would not let her leave until he had finished. After their encounter, Salazar told Keyes she didn’t want to see him again, and cut off contact with him. She did not report Keyes to the police.'
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