A former Israeli defense minister convicted of sexual misconduct will be allowed to keep his reserve military rank. A special army committee decided Thursday against demoting Yitzhak Mordechai, who was found guilty in 2001 of twice molesting female subordinates — once as head of the Israeli army’s Northern Command and the second time as defense minister.
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