Word: mazuz
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...rabbi's son, Mazuz, 52, has long had a reputation for being a fearless and impartial enforcer of the law. It was an attitude that Israelis treasured, since they are convinced - not without reason - that the highest ranks of government are infested with sleaze and corruption. Mazuz won respect for indicting ex-Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's son for corruption in 2005, and for urging the resignation of Israel's Justice Minister in 2006 for forcefully kissing a young female soldier. Mazuz has also been investigating Prime Minister Ehud Olmert for allegedly suspect property deals; Olmert strenuously denies the allegations...
...time it takes to utter two words - "suspended sentence" - Israel's Attorney General Menahem Mazuz went from being the country's most respected lawman to a reviled and misunderstood figure. For months, Mazuz, a workaholic of Old Testament rigor, had gathered testimony alleging that Israel's President Moshe Katsav was a serial sex offender. Now Mazuz is under fire for seeking a plea bargain for Israel's ceremonial head of state instead of attempting to prosecute him for allegedly committing rape. On June 30, 20,000 people gathered in a Tel Aviv square to demand the resignation of Mazuz, with...
...Mazuz reportedly kept the President's dossier locked away in a vault as it included potentially devastating testimony from at least 10 women who claimed that over the past 15 years, first as Transportation Minister, then as President, Katsav had sexually harassed and raped female underlings. Katsav denies the charges. On June 28, Mazuz dropped his bombshell. Instead of indicting the President on rape charges, the Attorney General cut a deal with him. Katsav is expected to resign and be indicted on lesser charges of sexual harassment and indecent behavior. And, to the outrage of many Israeli commentators and feminists...
...alleged victim, known only as "A", has publicly voiced her wrath. After Mazuz announced the plea bargain, A told a press conference that the Attorney General had "cast her away like a grain of dust." The former presidential staffer detailed how Katsav allegedly advanced from making harassing phone calls - she claimed he demanded that she wear a skirt with no underwear to work - to locking her in the presidential office, pinning her against the desk and raping her. Katsav has denied A's allegations. Justice Ministry staffers were stunned by A's performance. "She said things in her press conference...
...sparing the presidency a long and tawdry trial, Mazuz may end up damaging the Attorney General's office and his own reputation for rising above politics. In the Knesset, he is referred to, with both awe and fear, as "Super Manny." He avoids any show of favoritism; even his best friends don't know how he votes. Supporters and critics alike credit him with banning elected officials from doling out government jobs to party apparatchiks, a move that has reduced influence peddling. Friends say Mazuz, the son of poor but scholarly Tunisian immigrants, likens himself to a surgeon, cutting away...