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Sunday, March 3, 2019
State asks to delay decision regarding corruption investigation into minister until after elections
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe state has told the High Court of Justice that it would like to wait until after the April elections to reach a decision regarding the corruption investigations into Social Welfare Minister Haim Katz.
The announcement from the state was in response to a High Court petition from the Movement for Quality Government in Israel, which argued that prosecutors were dragging their feet on the case.
In February 2018, police recommended that Katz be indicted on bribery, fraud, extortion and breach-of-trust charges over suspicions that he used his position as head of the Israel Aerospace Industries workers’ union to advance his own interests, including promising lucrative employment — both inside and outside the company — to IAI board members who cooperated with him.
The Times of Israel Community.