Yaakov Litzman will be indicted for 2 felonies
It looks like Haredi politician Yaakov Litzman of the United Torah Judaism party will be prosecuted for his roles in the Malka Leifer case and helping an unhealthy restaurant avoid closure:
Israeli Housing Minister Yaakov Litzman (United Torah Judaism) will face charges in connection to two separate investigations, after Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit approved the preliminary indictment.Litzman really casued a lot of unnecessary trouble over past years. Now, he's hopefully going to learn that being Haredi doesn't give him the right to act like he never has to say he's sorry.
Mandelblit notified Litzman that he has signed off on the charge sheet; a necessary step for indicting an incumbent minister. A hearing must be held for the final indictment to be formally filed. [...]
The first case relates to the disgraced former Australian educator Malka Leifer, who was extradited from Israel to Australia in January to face multiple counts of child sex abuse. [...]
Litzman, who served as Deputy Health Minister (serving de facto as Health Minister) and later as Health Minister at the time, is suspected of taking improper steps to help Leifer obtain recommendations from mental health officials that she be deemed unfit to stand trial.
The second case revolves around accusations that as Health Minister, Litzman tried to help a delicatessen owned by a friend avoid forced closure over poor sanitary standards. The matter came to police attention after a pregnant woman who ate at the deli suffered a miscarriage, apparently as a result of a listeria infection in 2015, one of a number of bacterial infections reported at the deli.
Labels: Australia, haredi corruption, Israel, Knesset, misogyny, Moonbattery, political corruption, sexual violence
