An Israel Defense Forces colonel in line for a promotion was
discovered to have maintained a Facebook page under a fictitious name, through
which he contacted women for the purposes of sexual liaisons.
IDF Ground Forces
commander Maj. Gen. Guy Tzur summoned the officer for clarifications.
The officer, who took the false name “Alon Rotem” and
presented himself as divorced, although he is married with children, contacted
women on Facebook and courted them intensively until they agreed to meet with
him. In a breach of regulations, the officer told some of them he held a senior
position in the security forces, according to the Internet news site Walla.
The future of the officer, who is in line for promotion to
brigadier general, is now unclear. One woman who met him told Walla that he
tried to force himself on her.
The woman, identified only as “S.” said that he
came to her house late at night, the two talked and he stayed over, with the
clear stipulation that there would be nothing physical. “He ignored my ‘no.’ I
felt something was wrong with his behavior, especially after he tried to force
himself on me. But because I am a woman for whom no means no, I let him know
that this wouldn’t work.
He then simply stopped and fell asleep. In the morning
he left.”
No police report was apparently filed following the
incident. The IDF Spokesman’s Office said: “As soon as the complaint became
known the officer was called in for preliminary clarifications by Maj. Gen. Guy
Tzur. The matter is under thorough investigation.”
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