2006, in a swap deal involving three players plus €1.5 million. He quickly paid back the confidence of his new club with an excellent season, appearing in all 38 matches; Don Balón, a Spanish football magazine, placed him eighth on their list of La Liga's Footballer of the Year in 2007. In 2007–08's January winter transfer window, after losing first-choice status to Gustavo Munúa, both goalkeepers were involved in a post-training punching session that resulted in both being suspended for the match against Villarreal CF, as well as subsequent league games. In February, due to B-team keeper Fabri's inexperience, both players were reinstated in the squad, with the Israeli regaining starting duties. In late December, as he had been training separately with Munúa, not being part of Depor manager Miguel Ángel Lotina's plans, Aouate signed with RCD Mallorca for approximately €1 million until June 2011, as the Balearic Islands club was struggling in the league and dealing with an injury to first-choice Miguel Ángel Moyá. He made his debut on 8 January 2009, in a 3–1 win over UD Almería for the campaign's Copa del Rey; four days later, with Moyà still injured, he appeared in a 0–3 league loss at Real Madrid. In June 2009, Moyà left for Valencia CF and Aouate became the automatic first-choice. In February 2013, he tied Mallorca's record for most appearances for a goalkeeper, and announced his retirement on 8 August 2014 at the age of 36. After his retirement he became the club's major shareholder, after buying Biel Cerdà and Lorenzo Serra Ferrer's shares, and was named general manager on 11 August. Yom Kippur controversy In an interview with Spain's Diario AS, Aouate was asked about the significance of Yom Kippur and some general questions about the prohibitions of the holiday. He added that he understood that playing football in this holiday was not allowed, but stated that if forced to play against Real Sociedad, in a September 2006 match, he would; his comments swirled a huge controversy in Israel with even a member of the Shas party calling for the player to be removed from the national team. In September 2010, Aouate decided not to play against CA Osasuna because the game was supposed to start 18 minutes before the end of the Jewish fast day, and Mallorca accepted his rationale. Antisemitism In December 2009, during a match between Osasuna and Mallorca,