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by IMEMC News
Oct 22, 2021

An Israeli court released details, Wednesday, of a highly sensitive and unpublished court case involving an Israeli Civil Administration officer who was charged and convicted with the rape of a Palestinian woman, Y-net news has reported.

The Israeli army’s court of appeals chief granted Y-net permission to publish the details of the case which includes rape, sexual harassment and fraud in 2013 and 2014.

The officer, whose identity is still under gag order, was convicted in 2017, stripped of his rank of major to the rank of private, and sentenced to eleven years in prison.

The officer was charged and convicted with the rape of a Palestinian woman who met him to apply for a work permit in Israel, he then blackmailed her with the threat of withdrawing the permit.

On three separate occasions, the officer had sexual encounters with another Palestinian woman in exchange for a work permit inside of Israel, the lands occupied in 1948.

The Jerusalem Post added that other charges include fraud, breach of trust and the abuse of authority.

The Times of Israel added that the officer was found to have slapped a female soldier in 2005, made sexual advances to another, and watched pornographic films with Israeli soldiers.

The army spokesperson deemed the gag order necessary to “preserve national security.”
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IDF officer convicted of rape of Palestinian, sexual bribes, court records show

IDF's court of appeals approves Ynet's request to make public details of the affair, which saw Civil Administration officer sentenced to 11 years in prison in 2017 for charges that include exchanging work permits for sexual favors

by Yoav Zitun| for YNET News
Published: 10.20.21, 12:04

An IDF officer has been convicted of raping a Palestinian woman and receiving sexual bribes from others, according to court documents published Wednesday.

The Civil Administration officer committed the acts, which also include sexual harassment as well as fraud and breach of trust, in the years 2014-2013.

Gen. Doron Piles, the IDF's court of appeals chief, on Tuesday approved Ynet's request to allow the details of the affair, which has been hidden from the public for years, to be publicized.

The officer, whose name and picture are still under a gag order, was convicted in 2017 and sentenced to 11 years in prison. He was also discharged from the military. This is one of the heaviest punishments imposed on an IDF officer in IDF's history.

He appealed the sentence, and last March the three-judge panel headed by Gen. Piles agreed to scrap the count of the officer's removal from the military, instead demoting him to the rank of a private.

Among the main charges in the indictment is a rape of a Palestinian woman who asked the officer for a permit to enter and work in Israel. According to the indictment, he contacted the woman many times with suggestions for sexual encounters and threatened to take her permits away if she told anyone about his actions.

IDF officer convicted of rape of Palestinian, sexual bribes, court records show
IDF's court of appeals approves Ynet's request to make public details of the affair, which saw Civil Administration officer sentenced to 11 years in prison in 2017 for charges that include exchanging work permits for sexual favors