List of Israeli public officials convicted of crimes or misdemeanors - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
On December 30, 2010 Israel's former President Moshe Katsav was convicted of two counts of rape, obstruction of justice and other sexual offences by a court in Tel AvivMoshe Katsav – the 8th president of the State of Israel. In a landmark and unprecedented case, on December 30, 2010 Katsav was convicted of two counts of rape, obstruction of justice and other charges. On 22 March 2011, in a landmark ruling, Katsav was sentenced to seven years in prison.
Ministers[edit source]
Gonen Segev – The National Infrastructure Minister of Israel between 1995 to 1996. Segev was convicted for an attempt of drug smuggling, for forgery and electronic commerce fraud, all committed after his public career. He was sentenced to five years in prison.
Aryeh Deri – Minister of Internal Affairs between 1988 to 1993. Convicted of taking $ 155,000 in bribes while serving as Interior Minister and given a three-year jail sentence in 2000.
Shlomo Benizri – served as Minister of Health and Labor and Social Welfare Minister during the late 1990s and early 2000s. In 2008 Benizri was convicted of accepting bribes, breach of faith, obstructing justice, and conspiracy to commit a crime for accepting favors worth millions of shekels from his friend, contractor Moshe Sela, in exchange for inside information regarding foreign workers scheduled to arrive in Israel. As a result Benizri was sentenced to 18 months in jail and moral turpitude was added to the offense.
Avraham Hirschson – The Israeli Minister of Finance between 2006 to 2007. In 2009 Hirschson was convicted of stealing close to 2 million shekels from the National Workers Labor Federation while he was its chairman.[1][2][3] Hirschson was sentenced to five years and five months in prison and a fine of 450,000 shekels.
Yitzhak Mordechai – Israel's Minister of Defense and Minister of Transport in the 1990s. Mordechai was convicted of harassing and sexually assaulting two women during his military service and later periods. As a result Mordechai was received a 18-month suspended sentence. After his conviction, he resigned from the Knesset.
Tzachi Hanegbi – Among the top cabinet positions he previously held are Minister of Justice, Minister of Internal Security and Minister of Intelligence and Nuclear Affairs. On July 13, 2010 Hanegbi was convicted of perjury, and subsequently was fined 10,000 NIS, and moral turpitude was added to the offense. As a result Hanegbi suspended himself from the Knesset.
Avigdor Lieberman – Israel's current foreign minister. Lieberman was convicted in September 2001, under a plea bargain, of threatening and assaulting a 12-year-old who had hit his son, and was ordered to pay the child a compensation of 10,000 shekels, and an additional fine of 7,500 shekels.
Rafael Pinhasi – served as Minister of Communications between 1990 and 1992. In 1997 Pinhasi was convicted of illegal transfer of funds, and sentenced to 12 months probation and a fine.
Aharon Abuhatzira – served as the Minister of Religious Services, Minister of Immigrant Absorption and Minister of Welfare & Social Services. Convicted of larceny, breach of trust and fraud.[4] Abuhatzira was sentenced to a suspended sentence of four years and three months; thirty months for larceny, eighteen months for breach of trust and fraud by an administrator, and three months for breach of trust by a public servant.[4]
Haim Ramon – Israel's Minister of Health, Minister of Internal Affairs and Minister of Justice. In 2007 Ramon was convicted of an indecent assault without consent, and was sentenced to community service, which he served in a therapeutic riding center in Tel Mond. After serving his community service sentence, Ramon returned to prime minister Ehud Olmert's government in July 2007 as a minister in the Israeli government.
Knesset members[edit source]
Shmuel Rechtman – Knesset member in the Likud party between 1977 and 1979. In 1979 Rechtman was convicted of taking bribes and was sentenced to imprisonment, thus he became the first Knesset member who was convicted of criminal offenses and sentenced to imprisonment.
Omri Sharon – Knesset member in the Likud and Kadima parties during the 2000s. In 2006 Sharon was convicted of fraud and sentenced to 9 months in prison.
Yair Peretz – Knesset member in the Shas party. In March 2006 Peretz was convicted of fraudulently obtaining an academic degree.
Ofer Hugi – Knesset member in the Shas party. On 25 December 2006 Hugi was convicted of various charges related to forgery and fraud. As a result Hugi was sentenced to two years in prison and ordered to pay a 12,000 shekel fine.
Shlomo Dayan – Knesset member in the Shas party. In 2008 Dayan was convicted of fraud and forgery and sentenced to 4 months of community service.
Yair Levy – Knesset member in the Shas party between 1988 and 1992. In 1993 he was jailed for five years for embezzling NIS 500,000 from the party's El HaMa'ayan organisation.[5]
Naomi Blumenthal – Knesset member in the Likud party. In February 13, 2006 Blumenthal was convicted of bribery and obstruction of justice and was sentenced to 8 months in prison, a ten month suspended sentence and was fined 75,000 shekels.[6]
Yehiel Hazan – Knesset member in the Likud party. Hazan was convicted of voting twice during the second and third readings of a bill on the emergency economic plan in May 2003. Hazan was sentenced in June 2006 for 4 months of community service and a six-month suspended prison term.
Michael Gorlovsky – Knesset member in the Likud party between 2003 and 2006. Gorlovsky was involved in what became known as the "double votes scam" affair together with MK Yehiel Hazan.[7] In a plea bargain, Gorlovsky was charged with breach of trust rather than fraud, and was sentenced to two months of community service.
Yosef Vanunu – Knesset member in
