Tomer Zarchin

Katsav, convicted in December of two counts of rape against the complainant publicly identified as A. from the Tourism Ministry, is to serve a seven-year sentence, but has been allowed to stay out of jail pending an outcome on his appeal.

Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein meets with senior officials to debate whether Katsav deserves an exemption from the general policy regarding convicted criminals who appeal their sentence.

The evidence released yesterday includes testimony by the chief of the police investigations and intelligence division and Labor MK Shelly Yachimovich, among others.

Former president wins reprieve from sentence, slated to start next week; Court to hear appeal on charges and sentencing next Wednesday.

Former Supreme Court Justice Moshe Landau was laid to rest in Jerusalem on Monday; he presided over the trial that ended in the conviction of Eichmann, the mastermind of the 'Final solution'.

Sabbar Kashur was convicted of rape last July for having consensual sex with a Jewish woman who believed him to be Jewish.

In addition to trying the Nazi war criminal, Landau investigated the lapses of the 1973 Yom Kippur War and chaired the state panel that investigated and revised the interrogation methods employed by the Shin Bet security service.

A case involving the heirs of two wealthy doctors from Lithuania, who leased 20 dunams from the Jewish National Fund during the 1930s may show that the authorities have concealed information pertaining to properties in Israel that had belonged to Holocaust victim.

The judges in the Karp case based their verdict on a finding that, despite evidence of particular cruelty on the defendants’ part, the prosecution had not proven that the defendants had intended to kill Karp.

The judge presiding over the trial of a prominent attorney accused of bribery and money laundering, yesterday denied allegations that a man had approached him outside the court, at the defendant's behest, to discuss the case.

Multi-agency undercover op had been carried out over several months.

Prominent lawyer Jacob Weinroth is currently facing charges of bribery and money-laundering.

Ramat Gan Mayor Zvi Bar, who is serving his fifth term in office since he was first elected in 1989, will also be charged with fraud, forgery, breach of trust, obstruction of justice and evading taxes, pending a hearing, the prosecution said.

The criticisms follow a long-running feud between between Police Brig. Gen. Meir Bokbuza and Police Commissioner David Cohen, in which Bokbuza was labeled as 'mediocre' and 'embittered.'

President Shimon Peres and Justice Minister Yaakov Neeman shorten the prison sentence of four policement convicted of planting a bomb targeting an underworld figure; policemen are thankful but have 'mixed feelings' about release.

The four policemen, convicted of planting a bomb targeting underworld figure Michael Mor, were sentenced to one-year imprisonment; the parole board recommended an early release.

Lieberman will receive a hearing with Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein before any indictment; the hearing process may take until the end of the summer.

Talk of succession - even behind closed doors - at this stage would be tantamount to suicide; the question of a successor may arise during the hearing with Stas Misezhnikov and Fania Kirshenbaum likely to be mentioned.

Overturned Interior Ministry regulation forced legal foreign workers to leave the country within three months of giving birth, even if their work permits are still valid.

Police recommended putting Foreign Minister on trial for alleged fraud, money laundering, and breach of trust a year and a half ago; prosecution is pushing for indictment, but Lieberman can choose to engage in hearing to stave off trial.

Judge calls former policy intrinsic breach of foreign workers' rights; the policy mandated that foreign workers must leave the country after their baby is born, and can only return without the child.

It is likely that if the decision to indict Lieberman is not announced Wednesday, it will be deferred until after Passover.

The U.S. authorities deem Yitzhak Abergil the most dangerous of the five and attribute to him, among other things, charges of drug dealing and involvement in the murder of drug dealer Sammy Atias in Los Angeles, in addition to extortion.

Probe discovers some problems stem directly from officers ignoring regulations, others due to a faulty police culture, and lack of trust, including among the senior ranks.

Asi Vaknin is the brother of Hai Vaknin, who agreed to testify against the reputed Israeli mobsters, the Abergils.