Yitzhak Kahan was President of the Supreme Court of Israel

Supreme Court of Israel

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 from 1982 until 1983. He was the Chairman of the Commission of Inquiry into the Events at the Refugee Camps in Beirut also known as the Kahan Commission

Kahan Commission

The Kahan Commission , formally known as the Commission of Inquiry into the Events at the Refugee Camps in Beirut, was established by the Israeli government on 28 September 1982, to investigate the Sabra and Shatila Massacre . The Kahan Commission was chaired by the President of the Supreme Court,...

, which was established to investigate the Sabra and Shatila massacre

Sabra and Shatila massacre

The Sabra and Shatila massacre took place in the Sabra and Shatila Palestinian refugee camps in Beirut, Lebanon between September 16 and September 18, 1982, during the Lebanese civil war. Palestinian and Lebanese civilians were massacred in the camps by Christian Lebanese Phalangists while the camp...

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Born in Brody

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, Galicia, Austria-Hungary

Austria-Hungary

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, he was the brother of Rav Kalman Kahana

Kalman Kahana

Kalman Kahana was a long-serving Israeli politician and journalist, and a signatory of the Israeli declaration of independence.He was the brother of Yitzhak Kahan, former President of the Supreme Court of Israel.-Background:...

, a former Knesset

Knesset

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 member. He studied law and economics before emigrating to Israel

Israel

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 in 1935.

On October 7, 1970, Yitzhak Kahan was appointed to the Supreme Court of Israel

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On March 26, 1981, he was appointed President

President

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 of the Supreme Court of Israel

Supreme Court of Israel

The Supreme Court is at the head of the court system and highest judicial instance in Israel. The Supreme Court sits in Jerusalem.The area of its jurisdiction is all of Israel and the Israeli-occupied territories. A ruling of the Supreme Court is binding upon every court, other than the Supreme...

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