News in brief

From: Jerusalem Post | Date: August 8, 2007| Author: | Copyright information

Dan Izenberg, Gil Hoffman
Jerusalem Post
08-08-2007
Headline: News in brief
Byline: Dan Izenberg, Gil Hoffman
Edition; Daily
Section: News
Page: 09

Wednesday, August 8, 2007 -- Friedmann meets former chief justices

At their request, former Supreme Court presidents Meir Shamgar and Aharon Barak met with Justice Minister Daniel Friedmann at his Ramat Aviv home, in an attempt to ease the tensions between the justice minister and the current court president, Dorit Beinisch.

Since being appointed justice minister, Friedmann has initiated a series of moves aimed at weakening the power of the Supreme ...

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