Gellers moved to Israel in 1971 and took the name Tuvia Ben-Shmuel Yosef. He lived on a kibbutz and was wounded fighting in the Yom Kippur War in 1973. When applying to the Israeli bar he disclosed his criminal conviction and provided the court documents for review. The reviewing body described his case as "a catalogue of horrors, including — but not limited to, multiple violations of due process, manufactured evidence, clear efforts to 'get him' because he advocated unpopular ideas and defended unpopular clients" and Gellers was admitted to the bar unreservedly.
