Ya'akov Shimshon Shapira
Ya'akov Shimshon Shapira | |
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| 1948–1950 | Attorney General |
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| Born | 4 November 1902 Yelisavetgrad, Russian Empire |
| Died | 14 November 1993 (aged 91) |
Ya'akov Shimshon Shapira (
Socialist Zionist
politician.
Biography
Shapira was born in Yelisavetgrad in the
Giv'at HaShlosha. He was secretary of Ahdut HaAvoda in Jerusalem and a member of the Jerusalem workers' council.[1]
He studied law at the
Hebrew University
and was certified as a lawyer.
Legal career
In 1934 he moved to
Justice Ministry, and was Israel's first Attorney General from 1948 to 1950.[1]
In November 1948 he headed an official investigation into allegations of IDF attacks on civilians.[2]
Political career
In 1951, he was elected to the second
Minister of Defense Moshe Dayan were denied.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d "Shapira, Yaakov Shimshon". The Israeli Labor movement (in Hebrew). Retrieved 2008-06-20.
- ISBN 0-521-33028-9.
- ^ Abu Zaideh, Sufian (2012). "Israeli Policy in Jerusalem after 1967". Palestine–Israel Journal. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
- ^ Rubner, Michael (2007-07-01). "Accidental Empire: Israel and the Birth of the Settlements, 1967-1977, The". Retrieved 2008-06-20. [dead link]
- Ha'aretz. 18 May 2017. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
External links
- Ya'akov Shimshon Shapira on the Knesset website
- Jewish Law in the Debates of the Knesset (HaMishpat HaIvri b'Chakikat HaKneset) edited by Prof. Nahum Rakover. 2 vols., 1310 pp. 152-158.
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