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4 unusual facts about Aharon Barak


Charles A. Foster

He was a research assistant to Aharon Barak, Justice (and later President) of the Supreme Court of Israel.

Dorit Beinisch

In a 2005 ruling against the Israeli army’s use of “human shields” she concurred with then-President Aharon Barak that the practice of sending in a local Palestinian ahead of Israeli troops during arrest raids endangered his life, violated his free will and his human dignity.

Appointed on September 14, 2006, after the retirement of Aharon Barak, she served in this position until February 28, 2012.

Murder of Danny Katz

President of the Supreme Court Aharon Barak ruled in 1999 that a retrial would be held for the accused.



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