A former Israeli government minister used a bribe to try to get Israeli residency for a Palestinian. On Monday, an Israeli court convicted former Knesset minister Saleh Tarif of giving the Interior Ministry’s population registrar $2,000 with a request to allow a Palestinian businessman friend to live in Israel. The crime carries a maximum penalty of three and a half years in jail.
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