Former Israeli Cabinet minister Yitzhak Mordechai was charged with sexually harassing and committing indecent acts on three women when he served as head of the Israel Defense Force’s northern command, defense minister and transportation minister. Mordechai, who maintains his innocence, agreed to the lifting of his parliamentary immunity to stand trial.
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