In our case, Fischer was convicted of obstruction of justice, which is a misdemeanor offense, and not of impeachment in an investigation, which is a crime. Therefore, the range of punishment for Fischer should be lighter, and it should also be reduced due to considerations of protection from justice, as will be detailed below.
(b) Criminal Case (Tel Aviv District) 60588-12-18 State of Israel v. Talmor (January 4, 2023) - The defendant was convicted, inter alia, of two offenses of obstruction of justice for actions he took in order to make it difficult for the ISA to reach the truth in the investigation against him. The appropriate punishment area for this incident has been determined Between 6 and 12 months in prison. The total sentence imposed on the defendant for this incident was 9 months in prison, to be served concurrently with a sentence of 48 months imprisonment for two additional incidents (for which the compounds were 4-8 years in prison, 10-24 months in prison). In the sentence, the reasons for the decision to sentence the defendant to the lower side of the compound were presented. It should be noted that the aforementioned penalty for the two obstruction offenses also included an additional offense of failing to appear for interrogation at the Israel Securities Authority.
(c) Criminal Case (Tel Aviv District) 61784-01-13 State of Israel v. Bar (June 4, 2015) - The defendant, who served as mayor of Ramat Gan, and one of the other defendants who bribed him, were convicted, among other things, of obstruction of justice. It was determined that the appropriate penalty range for this offense is 3 to 8 months in prison (see also the appeal to the Supreme Court – Criminal Appeal 4506/15 Bar v. State of Israel (11.12.2016)).
(d) Criminal Case (Tel Aviv District) 11062-04-19 State of Israel v. Goldman (February 14, 2021) - Defendant 1 served as the investment manager of the Gadish provident fund and managed savings funds amounting to billions of shekels. According to his confession, as part of a plea bargain, he was convicted of a series of offenses, including 6 counts of obstruction of justice and 6 counts of obstruction of justice. In the fourth indictment, which was defined as a separate incident, he was charged with obstruction of justice and the removal of a witness, in that following the opening of the open investigation against him, he tried to convey a message to another person involved in the affair in order for him to give a false version in the interrogation. The appropriate punishment area for this incident was set at 6 to 12 months in prison.