"A First-of-Its-Kind Sentence": He Violated a Restraining Order Against Organized Crime - and Received 21 Months in Prison

The Hadera Magistrate's Court sentenced Baha Gaber to 21 months in prison for three violations of a judicial restraining order under the law for protecting the public from organized crime. The judge set a separate sentencing range for each violation.

The Hadera Magistrate's Court sentenced Baha Gaber to 21 months in actual prison time for three offenses of violating a judicial restraining order issued against him under the law for protecting the public from organized crime. The sentence, handed down on November 5, establishes a separate sentencing range for each violation. Alongside the prison term, Gaber was given seven months of suspended prison time and a fine of 9,000 shekels. The restraining order prohibited him from using vehicles and communication networks and from contacting certain individuals. Gaber admitted to the violations: driving a private car, a phone call with a person he was forbidden to contact, and a WhatsApp video call. Judge Lizi Freund emphasized the importance of such orders as "society's last line of defense" and ruled that violating them requires substantial punishment. The prosecution sought a sentence of two and a half to five years, but the judge took into account his confession and family circumstances and imposed a sentence at the lower end of the range.

"A First-of-Its-Kind Sentence": He Violated a Restraining Order Against Organized Crime - and Received 21 Months in Prison