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Following a five-year trial, in a landmark decision for women's rights, an Arab judge, Salim Joubran, sentenced the former president of Israel, Moshe Katsav, to seven years in prison for rape. In what Muslim country do Jews have such rights? How many...
Katsav was convicted in March by the Tel Aviv District Court to seven years in prison and a two-year suspended sentence for the rape and sexual harassment of women who worked for him while he served as president and as a cabinet minister. Katsav had...
RNPS IMAGES OF THE YEAR 2011 - Former Israeli President Moshe Katsav (3rd R) is hugged by his son before entering Maasiyahu prison in Ramle near Tel Aviv December 7, 2011. Katsav began serving his jail sentence on Wednesday for a rape conviction. View Photo »
Behind the accusations against me there were politics
AVIV: The lawyers of former Israeli president Moshe Katsav, who is serving a seven-year prison term after being convicted of rape, has filed a motion with the supreme court for an additional hearing with an expanded panel of judges. The former president...
The former president stressed that the request had nothing to do with the "alternative claim" raised by his lawyers in the past, that he had a consensual sexual relationship with an employee during his tenure as tourism minister.
Former President Moshe Katsav has filed a request for another court hearing regarding his rape conviction. Katsav claims that his conviction and sentence – seven years in prison – stemmed from "an act of incitement which reached an unprecedented media...
Former Israeli President Moshe Katsav, center right, hugs his son as he enters prison to begin a seven-year sentence, in the central Israeli town of Ramla, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2011. Katsav entered a minimum security prison on Wednesday to start serving a... View Photo »
I respect the decision of the judges, but they made a mistake, my conviction should not be based on the decision that the main witness is reliable
Until now Katsav, who is serving a seven-year sentence for rape, did not meet any of his relatives because he refused to wear the orange prison jumpsuit. (Raanan Ben-Zur) Former President Moshe Katsav was visited in prison for the first time Tuesday. ...
An Israeli attorney who defended an accused Nazi-era war criminal has joined the legal team of the disgraced former president, Moshe Katsav, an associate of the lawyer said Sunday. Court lets telemarketers be sued in federal court The Supreme Court is...
Moshe Katsav (Hebrew: משה קצב, Persian: موسى قصاب), born 5 December 1945) is a former President of Israel and member of the Knesset. The end of his term of President was marked by controversy, and from 25 January 2007 until his resignation on 1 July 2007, he was on a leave of absence amid impending charges of crimes stemming from his alleged... Full Article
RAMLE, ISRAEL - DECEMBER 07: Former Israeli President Moshe Katsav arrives at Maasiyahu prison on December 7, 2011 in Ramle, Israel. Former Israeli President Moshe Katsav has today arrived at a jail close to Tel Aviv to begin a seven-year sentence after a failed appeal against his...
View Photo »RAMLE, ISRAEL - DECEMBER 07: Former Israeli President Moshe Katsav hugs his son as he enters Maasiyahu prison on December 7, 2011 in Ramle, Israel. Former Israeli President Moshe Katsav has today arrived at a jail close to Tel Aviv to begin a seven-year sentence after a failed appeal...
View Photo »Former Israeli president Moshe Katsav (2nd R) walks towards the entrance to Maasiyahu prison in Ramle, near Tel Aviv, December 7, 2011. Katsav began serving a seven-year prison term for rape on Wednesday, professing his innocence and saying he was being "buried alive". The case has...
View Photo »Former Israeli President Moshe Katsav, center right, hugs his son as he enters prison to begin a seven-year sentence, in the central Israeli town of Ramla, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2011. Katsav entered a minimum security prison on Wednesday to start serving a seven-year sentence for rape, but...
View Photo »Former Israeli President Moshe Katsav (C) is surrounded by members of the media as he leaves his home in Qiryat Malahi, east of Ashdod, before entering Maasiyahu prison December 7, 2011. Katsav began serving his jail sentence on Wednesday for a rape conviction.
View Photo »Former Israeli President Moshe Katsav (3rd R) stands with his son before entering Maasiyahu prison in Ramle, near Tel Aviv, December 7, 2011. Katsav began serving his jail sentence on Wednesday for a rape conviction.
View Photo »Former Israeli president Moshe Katsav (C) arrives at the Maasiyahu Prison in Ramla on December 7, 2011. Katsav will begin his seven-year prison sentence after his conviction on two counts of rape, sexual harassment, indecent acts and obstruction of justice.
View Photo »Former Israeli President Moshe Katsav (C) is escorted by police (R) as he leaves him home in Qiryat Malahi, east of Ashdod, before entering Maasiyahu prison December 7, 2011. Katsav began serving his jail sentence on Wednesday for a rape conviction.
View Photo »Former Israeli President Moshe Katsav (3rd R) is hugged by his son before entering Maasiyahu prison in Ramle near Tel Aviv December 7, 2011. Katsav began serving his jail sentence on Wednesday for a rape conviction.
View Photo »Former Israeli president Moshe Katsav is surrounded by family members as he leaves his house under police escort in the city of Kiryat Malachi on December 7, 2011, on his way to prison,to begin a seven year jail sentence following his conviction on two counts of rape and other sexual assault...
View Photo »Former Israeli President Moshe Katsav speaks to journalists as he leaves his house in Kiryat Malachi, central Israel, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2011. Former Israeli President Moshe Katsav defiantly accused the state of Israel of "executing" an innocent man, just before he drove off Wednesday...
View Photo »Former Israeli President Moshe Katsav, centre left with white hair, is escorted by relatives as he leaves his house in Kiryat Malachi, central Israel, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2011. Former Israeli President Moshe Katsav defiantly accused the state of Israel of "executing" an innocent man,...
View Photo »FILE - In this Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011 file photo, former Israeli President Moshe Katsav arrives at the Supreme court in Jerusalem. Katsav heads to prison on Wednesday, Dec. 7 2011, to begin serving a seven-year term for his conviction in a landmark rape case that both entranced and...
View Photo »Former Israeli President Moshe Katsav (2nd L) waves as he leaves the Supreme Court after the reading of his verdict in Jerusalem November 10, 2011. Katsav raped a former aide and molested two other women who worked for him, Israel's Supreme Court said on Thursday, upholding his...
View Photo »Former Israeli President Moshe Katsav (front row, 2nd R) stands in the courtroom before the reading of his verdict at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem November 10, 2011. Katsav raped a former aide and molested two other women who worked for him, Israel's Supreme Court said on Thursday,...
View Photo »Former Israeli President Moshe Katsav (L) is hugged before the reading of his verdict at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem November 10, 2011. Katsav raped a former aide and molested two other women who worked for him, Israel's Supreme Court said on Thursday, upholding his conviction in a...
View Photo »Former Israeli president Moshe Katsav arrives at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem for the reading of his sentence after appealing his conviction for rape and other sexual assault charges on November 10, 2011. Israel's Supreme Court rejected an appeal lodged by former president Moshe...
View Photo »JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - NOVEMBER 10: Former Israeli President Moshe Katsav waves as he leaves Israel's Supreme Court after the verdict in his appeal on rape and other sexual offences on November 10, 2011, in Jerusalem, Israel. Israel's Supreme Court today rejected Katsav's appeal against...
View Photo »JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - NOVEMBER 10: A supporter of former Israeli President Moshe Katsav gives him his blessing as he arrives at Israel's Supreme Court to hear the verdict of his appeal on rape and other sexual offences on November 10, 2011, in Jerusalem, Israel. Israel's Supreme Court...
View Photo »JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - NOVEMBER 10: Former Israeli President Moshe Katsav (C), arrives at Israel's Supreme Court to hear the verdict of his appeal on rape and other sexual offences on November 10, 2011, in Jerusalem, Israel. Israel's Supreme Court today rejected Katsav's appeal against...
View Photo »Former Israeli President Moshe Katsav, center, leaves the Supreme court, in Jerusalem, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011. Israel's Supreme Court on Thursday rejected former President Moshe Katsav's appeal of his rape conviction and upheld a seven-year prison sentence for the disgraced politician.
View Photo »Surrounded by relatives and supporters, former Israeli president Moshe Katsav (2nd R) arrives for the reading of his sentence at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem after appealing his conviction for rape and other sexual assault charges on November 10, 2011. Israel's Supreme Court rejected...
View Photo »Former Israeli president Moshe Katsav (C) leaves the Israeli Supreme Court in Jerusalem on November 10, 2011. Israel's Supreme Court rejected an appeal lodged by former president Moshe Katsav against his conviction on charges of rape and other sexual offences, and upheld his seven-year...
View Photo »Former Israeli President Moshe Katsav, center left, embraces his son as he enters the courtroom at the Supreme court in Jerusalem, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011. Israel's Supreme Court on Thursday ordered former President Moshe Katsav to spend seven years in prison after rejecting the...
View Photo »Former Israeli President Moshe Katsav, left, receives a blessing from a supporter as he enters the courtroom at the Supreme court in Jerusalem, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011. Israel's Supreme Court on Thursday ordered former President Moshe Katsav to spend seven years in prison after...
View Photo »RAMLE, ISRAEL - DECEMBER 07: Former Israeli President Moshe Katsav arrives at Maasiyahu prison on December 7, 2011 in Ramle, Israel. Former Israeli President Moshe Katsav has today arrived at a jail close to Tel Aviv to begin a seven-year sentence after a failed appeal against his...
View Photo »Behind the accusations against me there were politics
I respect the decision of the judges, but they made a mistake, my conviction should not be based on the decision that the main witness is reliable
I have never hurt anyone, but if any woman thinks that she was hurt by me, I apologize to her.
I apologize to the women who complained against me if I hurt them. I will continue fighting for my innocence. My truth will come to light, even if it is after my death
