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Gonen Segev (born 6 January, 1956) in Kiryat Motzkin is a former Israel
Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
i member of Knesset
Knesset

The Knesset is the legislature of Israel, located in Givat Ram, Jerusalem....
 and government minister
Cabinet of Israel

The Cabinet of Israel is a formal body composed of government officials chosen and led by a Prime Minister of Israel. Its composition must be approved by a vote in the Knesset....
 and pediatrician who was convicted for drug smuggling and forgery
Forgery

Forgery is the process of making, adapting, or imitating objects, statistics, or documents , with the intent to deception. The similar crime of fraud is the crime of deceiving another, including through the use of objects obtained through forgery....
.

Segev graduated with an M.D.
Doctor of Medicine

Doctor of Medicine is a Doctorate for physicians . The degree is granted from medical schools.It is a first professional degree in some countries, including the United States and Canada, although training is entered after obtaining at least 90 hours of university level work ....
 from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev was founded in 1969, in Beersheba, Israel.The university is mandated to promote development of the Negev region, inspired by the...
. He served in the IDF
Israel Defense Forces

The Israel Defense Forces , commonly known in Israel by the Hebrew Acronym and initialism Tzahal , are Israel's military forces, comprising the GOC Army Headquarters, Israeli Air Force and Israeli navy....
, where he made it to the rank of captain. He later worked as a private doctor and as a farmer in Tel Adashim
Tel Adashim

Tel Adashim is a moshav in northern Israel. Located near Kiryat Tiv'on, it falls under the jurisdiction of Jezreel Valley Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 744....
.

he early 1990s Segev was active in the Tzomet
Tzomet

Tzomet is a small secular, right wing List of political parties in Israel in Israel....
 party founded by Rafael Eitan.






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Gonen Segev (born 6 January, 1956) in Kiryat Motzkin is a former Israel
Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
i member of Knesset
Knesset

The Knesset is the legislature of Israel, located in Givat Ram, Jerusalem....
 and government minister
Cabinet of Israel

The Cabinet of Israel is a formal body composed of government officials chosen and led by a Prime Minister of Israel. Its composition must be approved by a vote in the Knesset....
 and pediatrician who was convicted for drug smuggling and forgery
Forgery

Forgery is the process of making, adapting, or imitating objects, statistics, or documents , with the intent to deception. The similar crime of fraud is the crime of deceiving another, including through the use of objects obtained through forgery....
.

Segev graduated with an M.D.
Doctor of Medicine

Doctor of Medicine is a Doctorate for physicians . The degree is granted from medical schools.It is a first professional degree in some countries, including the United States and Canada, although training is entered after obtaining at least 90 hours of university level work ....
 from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev was founded in 1969, in Beersheba, Israel.The university is mandated to promote development of the Negev region, inspired by the...
. He served in the IDF
Israel Defense Forces

The Israel Defense Forces , commonly known in Israel by the Hebrew Acronym and initialism Tzahal , are Israel's military forces, comprising the GOC Army Headquarters, Israeli Air Force and Israeli navy....
, where he made it to the rank of captain. He later worked as a private doctor and as a farmer in Tel Adashim
Tel Adashim

Tel Adashim is a moshav in northern Israel. Located near Kiryat Tiv'on, it falls under the jurisdiction of Jezreel Valley Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 744....
.

Political career

In the early 1990s Segev was active in the Tzomet
Tzomet

Tzomet is a small secular, right wing List of political parties in Israel in Israel....
 party founded by Rafael Eitan. In 1992 he was elected to the thirteenth Kenesset, after Tzomet had won eight seats. As Labour was the largest party in these elections it formed the government and the right-wing Tzomet party remained in the opposition. Segev served as an opposition MK and a member of the Knesset's Finance Committee.

On 7 February 1994 Tzomet MKs Segev, Esther Salmovitz, and Alex Goldfarb split from their party to form the Yiud
Yiud

Yiud was a small, short-lived List of political parties in Israel in Israel in the mid-1990s....
 faction. On 9 January 1995 Segev became Minister of Energy and Infrastructure
National Infrastructure Minister of Israel

The National Infrastructure Minister of Israel is the political head of the Israeli Ministry of National Infrastructure. From its establishment in 1977 until 1996, the post was known as the Minister of Energy and Infrastructure ....
, after Yiud joined Yitzhak Rabin
Yitzhak Rabin

was an Israeli politician and general. He was the fifth Prime Minister of Israel, serving two terms in office, 1974–1977 and 1992 until his assassination in 1995....
's government. Goldfarb became deputy minister, but split with Salmovitz in November 1995 from Yiud to form the Atid
Atid (political party)

Atid was a short-lived List of political parties in Israel in the mid-1990s. It is not related to the modern Atid Ehad party....
 faction. Segev held the same minister post again from November 22, 1995 to June 18, 1996 in the government that Shimon Peres
Shimon Peres

Order of St Michael and St George is the ninth and current President of Israel. Peres served twice as Prime Minister of Israel and once as Interim Prime Minister, and has been a member of 12 Cabinet of Israel in a political career spanning over 66 years....
 formed shortly after Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated. His vote was vital in passing the Oslo Accords
Oslo Accords

The Oslo Accords, officially called the Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements or Declaration of Principles was a milestone in the Palestinian - Israeli conflict....
 in the Knesset
Knesset

The Knesset is the legislature of Israel, located in Givat Ram, Jerusalem....
.

Business and crime

After his political career Segev focused on a business career. In April 2004 Segev was arrested for smuggling thousands of Ecstasy
Methylenedioxymethamphetamine

MDMA , most commonly known today by the street name ecstasy , is a semisynthetic member of the amphetamine class of psychoactive drugs, a subclass of the phenethylamines.....
 tablets from Amsterdam
Amsterdam

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 to Israel that he claimed that he thought were M&M's
M&M's

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. His diplomatic passport was illegally extended with pencil. He was convicted in a pleading deal
Plea bargain

A plea bargain is an agreement in a criminal case whereby the prosecutor offers the defendant the opportunity to plead guilty, usually to a lesser charge or to the original criminal charge with a recommendation of a lighter than the maximum sentence....
 for forgery and attempted drug smuggling and sentenced to five years imprisonment. In August 2006 an Israeli court rejected his appeal for shortening his prison term. In March 2007 his medical license
Medical license

In most countries, only persons with a medical license bestowed either by a specified government-approved professional association or a government agency are authorized to practice medicine....
 was indefinitely revoked.

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