Following 'human animals' scandal Oshrat Kotler reportedly resigns job

Oshrat Kotler, anchorwoman for Channel 13 who was embroiled in a scandal last month after calling IDF soldiers "human animals," will leave her job at the TV station in June, Israeli media reported on Thursday."Kotler requested unpaid leave of a year," the reports said. Kotler came under heavy criticism last month after she referred to IDF soldiers as "human animals," following a report that army soldiers were suspected of beating detained Palestinians."The goal of the broadcast we aired on the soldiers, as well as my comments that followed, was for us, as a society, to take responsibility for the soldier's actions," Kotler said in a February broadcast. "The soldiers cannot be blamed when we are the ones who put them in this surreal daily routine in the West Bank.""I am not a politician," exclaimed Kotler tearfully, as she repeated what she had said before - that her statement was specifically referring to the five soldiers and not the entire IDF.Alon Einhorn contributed to this report.