{"id":328874,"date":"2011-03-22T08:36:58","date_gmt":"2011-03-22T08:36:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/22\/court-sentences-former-israeli-president-to-7-years-in-prison\/"},"modified":"2011-03-22T08:36:58","modified_gmt":"2011-03-22T08:36:58","slug":"court-sentences-former-israeli-president-to-7-years-in-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/22\/court-sentences-former-israeli-president-to-7-years-in-prison\/","title":{"rendered":"Court sentences former Israeli president to 7 years in prison"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"59.6537779354\">  <!-- start feedback link --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/feedback link -->       <!-- Tracking values --><\/p>\n<p><!-- google_ad_section_start --><!--startclickprintinclude-->   <!--endclickprintinclude--> <!--startclickprintexclude--> <!-- google_ad_section_end --><\/p>\n<div readability=\"32.2490247074\"><!-- google_ad_section_start --><!-- CONTENT -->  <!-- REAP --><!--startclickprintexclude--><!-- PURGE: \/2011\/WORLD\/meast\/03\/22\/israel.katsav.sentence\/t1larg.moshe.katsav.afp.gi.jpg --><!-- KEEP --><!--===========CAPTION==========--><\/p>\n<div readability=\"9\">\n<p>Former Israeli president Moshe Katsav (C) arrives at the district court in Tel Aviv on March 22, 2011.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--===========\/CAPTION=========--><!-- \/PURGE: \/2011\/WORLD\/meast\/03\/22\/israel.katsav.sentence\/t1larg.moshe.katsav.afp.gi.jpg --> <!--endclickprintexclude--><!-- \/REAP --><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><b>STORY HIGHLIGHTS<\/b><\/p>\n<ul><!-- google_ad_section_start --><\/p>\n<li>Moshe Katsav pulls out of an earlier plea deal<\/li>\n<li>He is guilty on multiple charges of rape and sexual harassment.<\/li>\n<li>He resigned the presidency in 2007 because of the sexual assault allegations<\/li>\n<li>The case involved three women &#8212; two in the president&#8217;s office and one in the tourism ministry<\/li>\n<p><!-- google_ad_section_end --><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--endclickprintexclude--> <!--startclickprintinclude--> <\/p>\n<p><b>(CNN)<\/b> &#8212; A Tel Aviv district court Tuesday sentenced former Israeli president Moshe Katsav to seven years in prison on multiple charges of rape and sexual harassment.<\/p>\n<p>The case involved three women &#8212; two in the president&#8217;s office and one in the tourism ministry.<\/p>\n<p>In late December, the three-judge panel found Katsav guilty of two charges of rape, two charges of forceful sexual harassment and one charge of sexual harassment.<\/p>\n<p>Katsav had agreed in 2007 to plead guilty to lesser charges and pay a fine to avoid jail time, but pulled out of the deal when it came time to enter his plea.<\/p>\n<p>  <!--startclickprintexclude--><\/p>\n<p><!--endclickprintexclude--><\/p>\n<p>The plea bargain caused a public storm in Israel, mainly because it did not include charges of rape, contrary to what had been suggested in a draft indictment.<\/p>\n<p>Katsav, of the center-right Likud Party, was president of Israel from 2000 to 2007. 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