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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 478

Moshe Katsav

Former president and convicted rapist Moshe Katsav (back) and Iran International correspondent in Israel Babak Itzhaki in the promo for an interview, February 2022. (Screenshot/Iran International)
February 3, 2022, 3:14 pm
Ex-president Katsav gives his first interview since jail — to Iranian opposition TV
Iran-born Katsav, who was convicted of rape, criticizes Tehran regime in Persian-language interview to air Sunday on Iran International, which is followed by millions of Iranians
By Tobias Siegal
State Attorney Shai Nitzan attends a Justice conference in Tel Aviv on November 4, 2019. (Flash90)
December 12, 2019, 1:28 am
Netanyahu lashes top prosecutor for rape reference in interview about him
PM, ‘shocked,’ demands apology from Shai Nitzan for floating theoretical scenario in which official charged with rape argues his fate should be determined by public vote
By ToI Staff
Israeli protesters chant slogans as they march in the SlutWalk in central Jerusalem, on May 24, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 1, 2019, 9:54 am
Thousands join Tel Aviv SlutWalk against sexual violence
Some demonstrators march half-clothed, carrying signs lamenting rape culture and perpetual state of emergency that places women at risk
By ToI Staff
Gilad Sharon, son of former prime minister Ariel Sharon, at a cultural event in Holon, January 28, 2017 (Flash90)
January 24, 2019, 1:42 pm
Likud panel bars Ariel Sharon’s son from running in party primaries
Gilad Sharon expected to appeal decision, which he says is politically motivated by historical animosity between Netanyahu and his father, the late PM
By ToI Staff
Gilad Sharon (L), son of former prime minister Ariel Sharon, and Lior Katsav, brother of former president Moshe Katsav. (Anna Kaplan/Flash90; Flash90)
December 30, 2018, 8:49 am
Ex-president’s brother and former PM’s son vying for same spot on Likud slate
Race heats up between Lior Katsav and Gilad Sharon, both boosted — and hindered — by association with a high-profile relative; UN envoy Danon says he’ll stay in his current role
By Michael Bachner
A Palestinian Muslim woman walks by ultra-Orthodox Jewish men in the Muslim Quarter of Jerusalem's Old City, on June 18, 2017. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
December 10, 2018, 3:25 am
New poll shows strong anti-Arab sentiment among Israeli Jews
Intolerance toward non-Jewish minority highest among religious respondents; survey commissioned by Channel 10 to parallel CNN poll on European anti-Semitism
By Tamar Pileggi
Former prime minister Ehud Olmert attends a celebration at Kibbutz Ramat Yochanan in northern Israel on March 31, 2018 (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
April 1, 2018, 12:41 pm
Ehud Olmert takes no prisoners in conspiratorial and unrepentant memoir
Ex-PM rips into rivals, and insists, at remorseless length, he’s the victim of a plot encompassing right-wing ‘extremists,’ the media, US Jewish money, and the entire legal system
By Marissa Newman
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gestures as he attends the Muni Expo 2018 conference in Tel Aviv on February 14, 2018. (Jack GUEZ/AFP)
February 15, 2018, 2:06 am
5 times Israeli politicians said ‘there’s nothing to it’ and ended up in jail
Like Netanyahu, former PM Olmert, ex-president Katsav, and three former ministers were all dismissive of charges against them. The judges disagreed
By Ron Kampeas
Eliad Shraga
December 19, 2017, 11:40 am
Eliad Shraga
Israel is turning into a Mafia State
Widespread endemic corruption is destroying the values and solidarity upon which this country was established
Former president Moshe Katsav walks out of the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on November 10, 2011, after the court unanimously upheld the Tel Aviv District Court's rape conviction. (Kobi Gideon/Flash90)
August 13, 2017, 3:20 pm
Rivlin rejects ex-president Katsav’s appeal for eased parole
Convicted rapist who was freed last year asked sitting president to end his curfew and ban on leaving country
By Tamar Pileggi and Raoul Wootliff
Former president Moshe Katsav walks with his wife Gila, after his release from Ma'asiyahu Prison, where he served five years of a seven-year rape sentence, on December 21, 2016. (Photo by Aloni Mor/Flash90)
May 23, 2017, 9:37 pm
Ex-president Katsav asks Rivlin to remove his parole limitations
Convicted rapist who was freed last year asks current president to remove his restrictions on leaving country, curfew hours
By ToI Staff
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)
May 4, 2017, 7:13 pm
Ex-president Katsav loses appeal to ease parole terms
Despite having stuck to terms of release, disgraced politician still banned from leaving home at night until 2018
By ToI Staff
Police outside the Ma'asiyahu Prison in Ramla, which has a special Torah study jail program, on February 15, 2016. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
March 22, 2017, 7:49 pm
Jailed divorce-refusers stand to lose religious benefits
New law allows rabbinical courts to sanction inmates, barring them from religious studies program and forcing them to wear regular uniforms
By Marissa Newman
Former president Moshe Katsav walks with his wife Gila, after his release from Ma'asiyahu Prison, where he served five years of a seven-year rape sentence, on December 21, 2016. (Photo by Aloni Mor/Flash90)
December 22, 2016, 2:16 pm
Balancing the Israeli political clink-quilibrium
As rapist former president Katsav leaves prison, ‘his head held high’ and innocent according to one commentator, MK Basel Ghattas finds himself a step closer to checking into the can
By Joshua Davidovich
Former Israeli president Moshe Katsav arrives to his home with his wife Gila, after being released from Ma'asiyahu Prison where he served his sentence, in Kiryat Malachi, December 21, 2016. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
December 21, 2016, 9:51 pm
Rapist ex-president welcomed home to cheers and flowers
Friends and family gather to embrace disgraced former leader who won parole; MK says celebrations disrespect sexual assault victims
By Tamar Pileggi
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