12 Facts About Eliezer Cohen

Eliezer Cohen is an Israeli former politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Yisrael Beiteinu and the National Union between 1999 and 2006.

Eliezer Cohen served as a pilot, squadron commander, base commander and Sinai area commander in the Israeli Air Force until 1974 when he retired as a colonel.

Eliezer Cohen went on to become the director general of the Ben Gurion International Airport and at the same time joined the Free Centre party.

Eliezer Cohen began working as a commercial pilot for El Al where over 25 years he flew each of the airline's fleet aircraft as well as participated in the airlift of Jews from Iran and Ethiopia.

Eliezer Cohen was chairman of the Israeli Organization for a Change in the Government System and made significant contributions both in and out of the Knesset to establish a constitution for Israel.

Eliezer Cohen entered the Knesset when the party won four seats, and during his first term, was a member of the House Committee, the Constitution, Law and Justice Committee, the Committee on the Status of Women, the Science and Technology Committee, and the parliamentary inquiry Committee on the Issue of Water.

Eliezer Cohen was placed eighth on the alliance's list, and lost his seat when the party won only seven mandates.

Eliezer Cohen decided not to run for re-election in the 2006 elections.

On 21 October 2012 Eliezer Cohen was convicted of indecently touching an El Al flight attendant during a trip from New York to Tel Aviv.

The stewardess filed a police complaint after the plane landed but Eliezer Cohen denied the allegations.

At the trial in Rishon LeZion Magistrate's Court before Judge Sarit Zamir, Eliezer Cohen was found guilty.

Eliezer Cohen's conviction was amended from an indecent act to assault.