Meir Shamgar
| Meir Shamgar link (Judge, soldier) | |
|---|---|
| Born | מאיר שמגר August 13, 1925 Gdańsk, Poland |
| Died | October 18, 2019 |
| Citizenship | Israeli |
| Alma mater | Hebrew University of Jerusalem, University of London |
| Parents | Eliezer Sterenberg, Dina Sterenberg |
| Interests | terrorism |
Chaired the 6th session (on "Proposed Countermeasures for the Democratic World") of the 1979 Jerusalem Conference on International Terrorism. | |
Meir Shamgar (מאיר שמגר) became a Brigadier-General, military advocate general and legal advisor to Ministry of Defense 1968-75) and later justice of the Supreme Court 1975-1995(?)
Jerusalem Conference
Shamgar was chairman of the 6th session (on "Proposed Countermeasures for the Democratic World") of the seminal 1979 Jerusalem Conference on International Terrorism.
Shamgar Commission
In 1995, Meir Shamgar lead the enquiry into the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin. And from the outset, the Shamgar Commission was plagued by conflicts of interest and questions of impartiality. Shamgar himself had served for many years as Judge Advocate General of the Israeli army and maintained ties to the military establishment. He was also a close personal friend of the Rabin family. Shamgar was joined on the panel by Zvi Zamir, former head of the Mossad, and Professor Ariel Rosen-Zvi, dean of Tel Aviv University law school. Professor Rosen-Zvi was in the advanced stages of cancer at the time and died a few weeks after the commission's final report.