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Not only Malka Leifer: Deputy Minister accused of protecting sex offenders in at least 10 cases

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Published: 17 May 2019

Last updated: 4 March 2024

Yaakov Litzman allegedly helped serious sex offenders obtain improved conditions and benefits by pressuring state psychiatrists and prisons service officials, according to an Israeli TV report

Deputy Minister accused of protecting sex offenders in at least 10 cases (Times of Israel)
UTJ leader Yaakov Litzman alleged to have pattern of aiding ultra-Orthodox convicts by pressuring corrections officials, Channel 13 report claims

And see:

Fraud claim against Leifer calls suspect’s incompetency defence into question (Times of Israel)
Defence witness says Australian former school principal accused of sexual abuse pretended to help her gather donations, but instead was pocketing checks

Photo: Yaakov Litzman at a press conference at the Health Ministry in Jerusalem on January 3. Credit: Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90
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