Menachem Masus

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Menachem Masus, 2010.

Menachem Masus ( Hebrew מְנַחֵם מָזוּז; * April 30, 1955 in Djerba , French North Africa , present-day Tunisia ; also known in Israel as Meni Masus ) is an Israeli lawyer who served as the attorney general from 2004 to 2010. He lives in Jerusalem , is married and has two children.

Life

family

Masus was born the fourth of nine children to a rabbi . The Alija took place during his childhood, with the family in Netivot settled.

education

He did his military service in the armored corps of the IDF . He then studied law with a specialization in public law and administrative law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and graduated successfully in 1980.

Ministry of Justice and University (1980-2005)

After graduation, he worked for several years in the Israeli Ministry of Justice , where he was responsible for a number of tasks, including handling petitions to the Supreme Court . During this time he taught public law and administrative law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem .

From 1991 to 1995 he served as one of the advisors coordinating the legal aspects of the Israeli negotiations with Jordan and the Palestinian Authority . In 1995 he was appointed assistant attorney general. He held this office for over 10 years.

Work as attorney general (from 2004)

In January 2004 he was appointed attorney general. In May of the same year, his predecessor Eljakim Rubinstein was appointed to the Supreme Court . At the time of his appointment, a career in the civil service with little contact with politics or criminal law was planned for him.

Decision on the 1999 donation scandal

His appointment brought high expectations because of a fundraising scandal involving Ariel Sharon and his sons. During this time, the attorney general's office investigated a fundraising scandal in which the 1999 election campaign was funded by Ariel Sharon . Masus was selected by the then Israeli Justice Minister Josef Lapid . His selection and confirmation took place without the participation of Sharon or the Vice-Prime Minister Ehud Olmert , who both abstained in order to avoid a conflict of interest . After taking office, Masus assured that he would follow the case against Sharon consistently. In the media he was in opposition to Eljakim Rubinstein , who was accused of moving too slowly on the matter. In the summer of 2005, he charged Omri Sharon , Ariel Sharon's son, with embezzlement. However, he chose not to indict Ariel Sharon himself or his other son Gilad.

Decisions to withdraw Israel from the Gaza Strip (2004)

Masus took an uncompromising stance towards the demonstrators who opposed the evacuation of Gush Katif as part of Israel's withdrawal from the Gaza Strip .

He promised to indict violent demonstrators. So on 4 August 2005 had Eden Natan-Zada an assassination attempt in Shefa-'Amr four Arab Israelis perpetrated, and 24 others were injured. Natan-Zada had stated that he wanted to protest against the expulsion of the Jews.

Masus also assured that he would not give arrested demonstrators a general amnesty. He had banned a demonstration in the city of Sderot . Masus was also criticized by human rights groups for allowing the Israeli police to use force against Gush Emunim protesters during the evacuation of Amona, Mateh Binjamin ( Hebrew עמוֹנָה, מֶטַה בִּנְיָמִין) proceed.

Decision on the participation of Arab citizens (2005)

Masus came under severe criticism after ruling in January 2005 that Israeli Arabs should be allowed to purchase land from the Jewish National Fund. He was also accused of incompatibility with Israel's reputation as a Jewish state.

Decision to deal with Charedim (2006)

Together with Education Minister Juli Tamir , he opposed the 2006 draft law by Meschulam Nahari , according to which local authorities should financially support unrecognized ultra-Orthodox schools.

literature

  • "Israeli attorney general is faced with decision on fate of Sharon". Baltimore Sun. March 30, 2004.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Menahem Mazuz - Attorney General ( English ) Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs. January 26, 2004. Retrieved January 28, 2007.
  2. ↑ רובינשטיין אליקים ( English ) news1.co.il. January 26, 2004. Retrieved September 28, 2013.
  3. ↑ 'I will not expel Jews' Ynet News , August 5, 2005
  4. ^ Efraim Ben-Zadok: Local communities and the Israeli polity: conflict of values ​​and interests (accessed November 18, 2011).
  5. ^ Myron J. Aronoff: Israeli Visions and Divisions (Retrieved November 18, 2011).
  6. ↑ אמנה - תנועת ההתיישבות - about us . Amana.co.il. Retrieved November 18, 2011.
  7. ↑ Cabinet, defying AG, okays bill to fund Haredi, alternative schools Haaretz, May 6th 2007
personal data
SURNAME Masus, Menachem
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mazuz, Menachem (English)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Israeli lawyer and attorney general
DATE OF BIRTH April 30, 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH Djerba , French North Africa present-day Tunisia