Text size this story is by  In the Central District Court in
Petah Tikva, presided over by Judge Hila Gerstl, some pretty
fascinating cases have been heard recently (though "heard" might
be too broad a term, as not all are open to the public).  In
terms of public significance, though, the most important is the
case heard by the court's vice president, Judge Zecharia Caspi,
which ended a week and a half ago in a plea bargain deal: the
conviction of former Tax Authority director Jacky Matza on five
counts of breach of trust and abetting bribery, based on his
confession. The economic division at the State Prosecutor's
Office - the division also handling Foreign Minister Avigdor
Lieberman's case that is expected to end in an indictment -
summed up the case as follows: Matza gave importer Kobi Ben-Gur
and his friend Yoram Karashi, both Likud activists, "a foothold
in appointments in the Tax Authority in his capacity as someone
knowledgeable about and familiar with the way they operate. As
someone who himself had r