The Former president Moshe Katsav has been released from prison on Wednesday
after serving five years of his seven-year sentence for rape and other
crimes
Katsav, who served as Israel’s eighth president from 2000 to 2007, was convicted in December 2010 of raping and sexually assaulting a former employee at the Tourism Ministry
He was also found
guilty of sexually harassed two women at the President's Residence and
assaulted one of them. In addition, Katsav was convicted of obstruction
of justice. He was imprisoned in May 2011
On Sunday, the parole board granted him early release but delayed implementation for a week to allow prosecutors, who opposed the decision, to submit an appeal.
He was freed after the State Prosecutor's Office dropped its objections and said it would not appeal
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