Aharon Abuhatzira

Aharon Abuhatzira (Hebrew: אהרן אבוחצירא, 28 October 1938 – 21 September 2021) was an Israeli politician.

He studied the Kfar HaRoeh Yeshiva, graduated from a Teachers' Seminary in Jerusalem and earned a BA from Bar-Ilan University.

He was elected to the Knesset in 1977 on the National Religious Party's list, and was appointed Minister of Religions in Menachem Begin's government.

In June 1980 Israel Police began investigating claims that Abuhatzira had received 52,500 shekels from religious institutions in 1978 and 1979 for giving funds to non-existent yeshivas.

[2] Although he denied the allegations, stating that they were "provocation and a libel", in December 1980 Attorney General Yitzhak Zamir requested that the Knesset lift Abuhatzira's parliamentary immunity so that he could be charged with bribery.