IDF officer sentenced for assisting Palestinians to enter Israel illegally

The military court in Jaffa on Monday sentenced Maj. Yosef Yazid, an officer in the Civil Administration, to five years in jail after he was charged with taking bribes and forging documents that endangered state security, as well as committing fraud and assisting Palestinians to enter Israel illegally.

The court ruled that the officer took bribes to the sum of around NIS 250,000 in order to illegally issue permits over a prolonged period of time. This act, it was ruled, was liable to harm state security.

Yazid was also fined NIS 30,000 and demoted from his army rank to private.