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Katsav to go on 72-hour furlough on Passover

23 March 2015, 6:21 pm Edit

Former President Moshe Katsav walks out from the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on November, 2011 after Israel's Supreme Court unanimously upheld a rape conviction and a seven-year prison sentence. (photo credit: Kobi Gideon / Flash90)

Former president Moshe Katsav walks out from the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on November 2011 after the Supreme Court unanimously upheld a rape conviction and a seven-year prison sentence. (photo credit: Kobi Gideon/Flash90)

Former president Moshe Katsav, who is imprisoned for rape and other sexual felonies, is tol spend 72 hours with his family, on his first leave from prison.

The disgraced former president will be out of jail for three days during the Passover holiday. This is the first time a request by Katsav for a furlough is granted.