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unusual facts about Meir Shamgar


Israel Democracy Institute

In 2001 the institute established a public council led by Meir Shamgar in order to consolidate an Israeli constitution which would be agreed upon by all the current currents in Israel.


Cave of the Patriarchs massacre

The Israeli government appointed a commission of inquiry headed by then president of the Supreme Court, Judge Meir Shamgar.

Israeli presidential election, 2007

Other persons who had been considered as possible candidates included Dalia Itzik (Kadima), Binyamin Ben-Eliezer (Labor), Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau, and Meir Shamgar.


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