An Arab Israeli member of the right-wing Likud party, who has been suggested for a post in Prime Minister-elect Ariel Sharon's cabinet, is being investigated for rape, reported The Jerusalem Post newspaper Wednesday.
The paper said that a woman told that police that Ayoub Kara sexually assaulted her and committed other indecent acts several times between 1999 and 2000 in a Jerusalem hotel.
Police investigating the incidents have questioned Kara's parliamentary assistant and another former co-worker, said the paper.
Kara has denied the allegations, telling the daily that it was the woman who had been "bothering" him, "falling in love" with him at political rallies.
Kara is the only one of Israel's 10 Arab MPs to belong to the right-wing Likud party – Albawaba.com
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