Eliezer Cohen

Eliezer Cohen (Hebrew: אליעזר כהן; born 18 June 1934) is an Israeli former politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Yisrael Beiteinu and the National Union between 1999 and 2006.

He also 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.

In 1990 he published a best selling book about the history of the Israeli Airforce titled in Hebrew השמים אינם הגבול or the Sky is Not the Limit.

He was also 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.

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

Cohen in 1967