As a Knesset freshman 13 years ago, Meretz Party leader Zahava Gal-On helped expose a case of "indecent acts" by former transportation minister Yitzhak Mordechai, of which he was consequently convicted.
At that time, before the age of social media, journalists would not report suspicions of sexual harassment by public figures unless an official police complaint was filed. Until then, senior military officers and prominent politicians took the liberty of harassing without disturbance. This was especially true when it came to someone with an impressive military career like Mordechai, nicknamed the "general of three fronts,” who had won several awards for his military service.