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Protester charged last year with sexually harassing female cop reaches plea deal
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Eyal Yaffe, an anti-government protester charged last year with sexually harassing a female Border Police officer, reached a plea deal with the prosecution in which he pled guilty and was convicted of obstructing an officer, but not of harassment.
The incident, which took place in late March 2025 during a mass demonstration near the Knesset in Jerusalem, was caught on film and posted to social media by right-wing rapper Yoav Eliassi. Yaffe, 73, appeared to rub up against the officer from behind while she and other cops bent down to try to disperse protesters blocking the road.
תיעוד המפגין שנחשד בביצוע מעשה מגונה בשוטרת בירושלים.
צילום: דוברות המשטרה pic.twitter.com/tCrMp3Cjq1— הארץ חדשות (@haaretznewsvid) March 27, 2025
As part of the plea bargain reached with Yaffe, the prosecution dropped the charges of indecent assault and unlawful assembly that were leveled against him in the original indictment. The plea deal was approved by the Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court.
Presiding Justice Joya Scapa-Shapira added in her decision that the two charges dropped from his indictment encountered “evidentiary difficulties.”
After pleading guilty, Yaffe was convicted on the sole offense of obstructing a police officer.
As part of the plea deal, the activist is ordered to pay NIS 8,000 ($2,700) to the complainant and is put on probation for two years. If Yaffe violates the terms of his probation, he will be sentenced to four months in prison.
The Times of Israel Community.