Benjamin Halevy
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Benjamin Halevy | |
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Faction represented in the Knesset | |
1969–1974 | Gahal |
1974–1975 | Likud |
1975–1977 | Independent |
1977–1978 | Democratic Movement for Change |
1978–1981 | Democratic Movement |
1981 | Independent |
Personal details | |
Born | 6 May 1910 |
Died | 7 August 1996 | (aged 86)
Benjamin Halevy (Hebrew: בנימין הלוי, 6 May 1910 – 7 August 1996) was an Israeli judge and politician.
Biography
Halevy was born Ernst Levi in
Halevy was a Magistrate Judge in
Halevy was the sole judge in what became known as the "
Halevy was the sole judge at the trial of the Kafr Qasim massacre's perpetrators, and in his decision famously wrote, "The distinguishing mark of a manifestly illegal order is that above such an order should fly, like a black flag, a warning saying: 'Prohibited!'" He was later a judge at the trial of Adolf Eichmann, along with Yitzhak Raveh and Moshe Landau.
In 1969 Halevy resigned from the court in order to enter politics. He was elected to the Seventh Knesset for the Gahal (Herut-Liberal Bloc) list, and again to the Eighth Knesset in 1973 after Gahal had merged into Likud. He later left the party to sit as an independent MK. In the 1977 elections, he was returned to the Knesset on Dash's list, but the party split up after a year, and Halevy joined the Democratic Movement, before leaving to again sit as an independent. During the Ninth Knesset he also served as deputy speaker.
Today a street in his birthplace Weissenfels is named after him.
He was married for many years to Luba. They had a son and daughter. After Luba's death he married Michal Halevy.
See also
- Israeli judicial system
- Adolf Eichmann
References
- ISBN 3-525-36903-4.
- "Benjamin Halevy, 86". Associated Press. 1996-09-08. Retrieved 2007-12-28.
External links
- Benjamin Halevy on the Knesset website