Yosef Ba-Gad

Yosef Ba-Gad (Hebrew: יוסף בא-גד, born 10 February 1932) is an Israeli former Rosh Yeshiva and politician who served as a member of the Knesset between 1992 and 1996.

He had also planned to run in the election for Prime Minister, but failed to gather the 50,000 signatures necessary.

In 2005 he was indicted on charges of aggravated forgery, conspiracy to committing a crime, suborning perjury and attempted fraud, all relating to his 1999 election campaign, in which he allegedly offered businessman Meir Manor NIS 100,000 to fraudulently collect 30,000 signatures.

[3] He was eventually convicted as part of plea bargain in 2007 and sentenced to six months in prison.

[4] Ba-Gad's granddaughter, Rinat Gutman, is a professional rapper and singer in Israel.