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In October 2000, he rejected an appeal by Holocaust survivors and the [[Simon Wiesenthal Center]] against the first Israeli performance of a work by [[Richard Wagner]], who Holocaust survivors and others say promoted [[anti-Semitism]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/994581.stm |title=MIDDLE EAST | Israeli orchestra breaks Wagner taboo |publisher=BBC News |date=October 27, 2000 |accessdate=June 18, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/jpost/access/63013922.html?dids=63013922:63013922&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Oct+27%2C+2000&author=DAN+IZENBERG&pub=Jerusalem+Post&desc=Supreme+Court+allows+Wagner+concert&pqatl=google |title=Supreme Court allows Wagner concert |publisher=Pqasb.pqarchiver.com |date= |accessdate=June 18, 2010}}</ref> |
In October 2000, he rejected an appeal by Holocaust survivors and the [[Simon Wiesenthal Center]] against the first Israeli performance of a work by [[Richard Wagner]], who Holocaust survivors and others say promoted [[anti-Semitism]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/994581.stm |title=MIDDLE EAST | Israeli orchestra breaks Wagner taboo |publisher=BBC News |date=October 27, 2000 |accessdate=June 18, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/jpost/access/63013922.html?dids=63013922:63013922&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Oct+27%2C+2000&author=DAN+IZENBERG&pub=Jerusalem+Post&desc=Supreme+Court+allows+Wagner+concert&pqatl=google |title=Supreme Court allows Wagner concert |publisher=Pqasb.pqarchiver.com |date= |accessdate=June 18, 2010}}</ref> |
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In June 2004, he issued a [[temporary injunction]] prohibiting the State of Israel from removing thousands of tons of earth and rubble mixed with assorted archaeologically rich artifacts laying on Jerusalem's [[Temple Mount]].[] |
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| ⚫ | He still sits on a military court appeals panel.<ref>{{cite web|author=By Reuters |url=http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/who-s-who-on-israel-s-committee-on-the-gaza-flotilla-raid-1.296102 |title=Who's who on Israel's committee on the Gaza flotilla raid - Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News |publisher=Haaretz.com |date=June 8, 2010 |accessdate=June 18, 2010}}</ref> |
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| ⚫ | He still sits on a military court appeals panel.<ref>{{cite web|author=By Reuters |url=http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/who-s-who-on-israel-s-committee-on-the-gaza-flotilla-raid-1.296102 |title=Who's who on Israel's committee on the Gaza flotilla raid - Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News |publisher=Haaretz.com |date=June 8, 2010 |accessdate=June 18, 2010}}</ref> |
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Jacob Turkel (born in 1935 in Tel Aviv) Hebrew: יעקב טירקל is an Israeli judge, and a retired Supreme Court of Israel Justice.[1] His family had immigrated to Israel in 1933 from Vienna, Austria.
Education and early career
Turkel studied law at Hebrew University of Jerusalem.[2][3] From 1967 on, he served on various courts, including the Shalom Court, as a Regional Court judge, and for many years as President of the Beersheba District Court.[2]
Supreme Court
Turkel served as an Israeli Supreme Court Justice from 1995 until his retirement in 2005.[2]
In August 2000 he wrote in an opinion that by filling in gaps of missing text in a 2,000-year-old Dead Sea Scroll, and deciphering and putting together scroll fragments, a scholar had shown "originality and creativity" that gave him a copyright in his work.[4]
In October 2000, he rejected an appeal by Holocaust survivors and the Simon Wiesenthal Center against the first Israeli performance of a work by Richard Wagner, who Holocaust survivors and others say promoted anti-Semitism.[5][6]
In June 2004, he issued a temporary injunction prohibiting the State of Israel from removing thousands of tons of earth and rubble mixed with assorted archaeologically rich artifacts laying on Jerusalem's Temple Mount.[]
He still sits on a military court appeals panel.[7]
Academia
Turkel has taught at Ben Gurion University of the Negev, the University of Tel Aviv, and other academic institutions.[3]
Public commissions
Gay rights
He headed a public commission that was set up in 1999 to reform Israel's inheritance law.[8] The commission proposed in 2006 that the law's definition of a couple be altered from "husband and wife", so that it would apply to both gay and heterosexual couples.[8][1][9]
Currency, Yad Vashem, and Ben Gurion University
Turkel sits on the panel redesigning Israel's currency, chairs Yad Vashem's Commission for the Designation of the Righteous, which recognizes non-Jews who saved Jews during the Holocaust, and is on the board of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.[2][1]
Gaza raid
In June 2010 he was appointed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to head the probe into the events in the flotilla in Gaza.[10]
References
- ^ a b Haaretz Editorial (June 8, 2010). "Impinging on gay rights - Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News". Haaretz.com. Retrieved June 18, 2010.
- ^ a b c d Zarchin, Tomer (June 8, 2010). "Probe head has conservative record, but no inquiry experience - Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News". Haaretz.com. Retrieved June 18, 2010.
- ^ a b "The new Holocaust History Museum at Yad Vashem - FACTS & FIGURES". .yadvashem.org. Retrieved June 18, 2010.
- ^ Greenberg, Joel (August 31, 2000). "Israeli Court Upholds Scholar's Rights to Dead Sea Scrolls Work". NYTimes.com. Retrieved June 18, 2010.
- ^ "MIDDLE EAST | Israeli orchestra breaks Wagner taboo". BBC News. October 27, 2000. Retrieved June 18, 2010.
- ^ "Supreme Court allows Wagner concert". Pqasb.pqarchiver.com. Retrieved June 18, 2010.
- ^ By Reuters (June 8, 2010). "Who's who on Israel's committee on the Gaza flotilla raid - Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News". Haaretz.com. Retrieved June 18, 2010.
{{cite web}}:|author=has generic name (help) - ^ a b Yoaz, Yuval (June 8, 2010). "Gay rights groups: Justice minister is setting us back 30 years - Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News". Haaretz.com. Retrieved June 18, 2010.
- ^ Yoaz, Yuval (June 8, 2010). "AG: State to back gays on property rights - Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News". Haaretz.com. Retrieved June 18, 2010.
- ^ PM seeks public inquiry commission headed by Tirkel, Yedioth Ahronot, June 13, 2010
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