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A Tel Aviv District Court judge has resigned following a public furor over comments he made in court that some girls “enjoy being raped.”

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Nissim Yeshaya was presiding over a hearing of a rape of an Israeli girl by four Palestinian youths when he made the comment.

He apologized and said the remark was taken out of context.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was among officials who harshly criticized the judge. He also withdrew his support for Yeshaya’s appointment as head of his Likud Party’s internal court.

Several lawmakers called for the judge’s immediate dismissal.

In a joint announcement Wednesday, Israel’s justice minister and the president of the Supreme Court said Yeshaya addressed a hearing, where he expressed his desire to leave his post.

Yeshaya sparked an outcry during the hearing of a 19-year-old Israeli woman who was raped by four Palestinians when she was 13. The woman was petitioning the court for the rape to be considered “an act of terror” which would make her eligible for government compensation.