The surprising twist in the criminal case linked to the Mei Eden plant

Two managers at a manpower company that supplied workers to the Mei Eden plant without a license reached a conditional arrangement with the state, after it initially refused. The third defendant was convicted and fined 5,980 shekels.

The affair of employing workers through an unlicensed manpower company at the Mei Eden plant ended in a twist. Two of the three managers who were charged reached a conditional arrangement with the state, after it initially refused to consider such a possibility. The arrangement includes an admission of the facts, payment of a fine of 14,400 shekels each, and refraining from labor-law offenses for one year. The third defendant, who did not join the arrangement, was convicted in August 2026 and sentenced to a fine of 5,980 shekels. The Haifa Regional Labor Court initially rejected a request to cancel the indictment, but after negotiations the state changed its position. Attorney Omri Leshem, who represented the defendants, noted that the arrangement prevents a criminal conviction that could taint the names of normative citizens.