Menachem Finkelstein
Menachem Finkelstein , Hebrew מנחם פינקלשטיי; scientific transliteration Menaḥēm Fînqelšṭain , (* 1951 in Tel-Aviv ) is an Israeli officer, currently in the rank of major general in the Israeli armed forces . He was a military prosecutor at the time of the Second Intifada in the so-called war on terror and is a non-fiction author.
Finkelstein was raised Orthodox Jewish and completed his law exam at the Bar-Ilan University in 1976. From 1973 to 2004 he served as an “Advocate General” in the Israeli armed forces and stood out in the trials against targeted killing . In 2003, he decided not to take legal action against the violent death of activist Rachel Corrie . His statement became known: In all the fatality cases we have investigated, there has never been a single incident of deliberate shooting (German: In all deaths that we have investigated, there has never been a single incident of deliberate shooting ).
Finkelstein published several books and essays on Israel's legal position towards terrorism . His most famous work is Conversion. Halakhah and practice , published by Bar-Ilan University Press, Ramat-Gan, 2006.
Web links
- Literature by and about Menachem Finkelstein in the bibliographic database WorldCat
Individual evidence
- ↑ Amos Harel: Haaretz: Army decides to close file on death of US peace activist. on International Solidarity Movement of June 27, 2007. Retrieved September 2, 2015.
- ^ IDF Chief Judge: Hundreds of Inquiries, Groundless. In: Arutz Scheva of March 2, 2004. Retrieved on September 2, 2015 (English).
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| SURNAME | Finkelstein, Menachem |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Fînqelšṭain, Menaḥēm; מנחם פינקלשטיי (Hebrew) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Israeli officer, currently Major General in the Israel Defense Forces |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1951 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tel-Aviv |