ISRAELI PRESS REVIEW
Israeli Press Review of 24.04.2013
- Livni rejects Katzav pardon demand
Justice Minister Tzipi Livni has recommended to President Shimon Peres that he reject a request for a pardon for former president Moshe Katsav family.
The request was made by Katsav’s family. Katsav is serving a seven-year ^prison sentence for rape.
Livni said her recommendation was based on “the severity of his deeds, the exploitation of his power and the public trust placed in him,” and while acknowledging ther suffering of his family, she said it was “no less important to weigh the suffering of the women whose dignity he trampled and whose bodies and souls he desecrated.”
Katsav has expressed no regret for his actions and continued to plead his innocence.
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- Knesset backs recognition of Armenian genocide
The Knesset on Tuesday devoted a session to mark the 98-year anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, Yediot Aharonot reports.
A proposal to formulate a law on recognition of the genocide issue was approved on a preliminary vote and forwarded to a Knesset committee tasked with deciding how to proceed with the legislation.
Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day is marked annually on April 24. Historians estimate that up to 1.5 million Armenians were killed by Ottoman Turks around the time of World War I. Turkey denies that the deaths constituted genocide, saying that the toll has been inflated and that those killed were victims of civil war and unrest.
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- Details published of Lieberman investigation
Police have released transcripts of interviews with former foreign minister Avigdor Lieberman regarding his ongoing fraud and breach of trust investigation, Yediot Aharonot reports.
The released materials represent a single investigation session that took place in March 2010.
According to the transcripts, Lieberman accused his investigators as kowtowing to the press and frequently resorted to derogatory terms.
Investigations into Lieberman, 54, were first opened in 2001 and spanned nine countries. The more serious allegations included money-laundering and bribery, but the attorney general said there was no chance of a conviction on those.
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahua has reserved the Foreign Ministry portfolio for Lieberman in the event the latter is cleared of all accusations against him.
