Moshe Katsav

8th President of Israel (2000–2007)

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Israel's eighth president, who resigned in 2007 and became the country's first head of state convicted of rape — a case that ended with seven years in prison and rewrote the boundaries of accountability at the top.

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Born Musa Qassab in Iran in 1945, Katsav rose through Likud ranks to serve in the Knesset and cabinet before winning the presidency in 2000, the first Mizrahi Jew to hold the office. His tenure unraveled when allegations surfaced: rape of a female subordinate, sexual harassment of others. He resigned in 2007 under a plea deal, then rejected it and went to trial. On 30 December 2010, a court convicted him on two counts of rape, obstruction of justice, and other charges. The Supreme Court upheld the verdict in November 2011. He entered Maasiyahu Prison that December and served five years of a se…

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