Netanyahu appoints a rabbi accused of committing sexual offenses as deputy minister Netanyahu promised an Israeli rabbi suspected of committing sexual offenses to make him a deputy minister. The Israel Home newspaper revealed: In an agreement that tried to be private, Netanyahu seeks to change the law for appointing people who are not members of the Knesset (parliament) to the position of deputy minister, and in this matter, in order to advance his election campaign, he made promises to a rabbi accused of sexual assault in the position of minister.