President Reuven Rivlin rejects a request from former president Moshe Katsav, who was released from prison last December after serving five years for rape and other sexual offenses, to free him from the limitations of his parole.
In his response to Katsav, Rivlin wrote that the ex-president’s early release from prison was conditional on his parole limitations and “for this reason and the nature of his crime, there is no place to accept the request to remove them.”
Former president Moshe Katsav leaves Ma’asiyahu Prison, where he served five years of a seven-year rape sentence, on December 21, 2016. (Photo by Aloni Mor/Flash90)
Katsav was freed from prison after serving two-thirds of a seven-year jail sentence. Under the terms of his parole, Katsav is barred from leaving his home in Kiryat Malachi between the hours of 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. In addition Katsav is not allowed to leave the country or to make any statements to the media.
The former president must also attend rehab and must visit a psychologist once a week. He also has to check in with a parole officer every month.
These limitations remain in effect until December 2018, when his full seven-year sentence would have ended.
Is our live election coverage important to you?
Are you relying on The Times of Israel for accurate and timely coverage of the 2026 Israeli election? If so, please join The Times of Israel Community. For as little as $6/month, you will:
Support our independent journalists who are working around the clock to report political developments as they unfold;
Read ToI with a clear, ads-free experience on our site, apps and podcasts; and
Gain access to exclusive content shared only with the ToI Community, including our DocuNationstreaming film series and weekly letters from founding editor David Horovitz.
We’re really pleased that you’ve read X Times of Israel articles in the past month.
That’s why we started the Times of Israel - to provide discerning readers like you with must-read coverage of Israel and the Jewish world.
So now we have a request. Unlike other news outlets, we haven’t put up a paywall. But as the journalism we do is costly, we invite readers for whom The Times of Israel has become important to help support our work by joining The Times of Israel Community.
For as little as $6 a month you can help support our quality journalism while enjoying The Times of Israel AD-FREE, as well as accessing exclusive content available only to Times of Israel Community members.
Thank you, David Horovitz, Founding Editor of The Times of Israel
From the Liveblog of
Sunday, August 13, 2017
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on Google
