First Muslim on Supreme Court
ISRAEL’S Judicial Appointments Committee on Monday appointed four new Supreme Court justices, among them the court’s first Muslim and first Mizrahi woman.
The four new justices appointed to the 15-member court are Judge Ruth Ronnen, Judge Khaled Kabub (pictured), Judge Gila Kanfi-Steinitz and attorney Yechiel Kasher.
“The four new justices elected to the Supreme Court are excellent,” Justice Minister Gideon Sa’ar said. “They were selected according to the three criteria I set: excellence, balance and diversity. A variety of opinions, genders and ethnic backgrounds.”
Judge Kanfi-Steinitz, 63, is the vice president of the Jerusalem District Court. She will be the Supreme Court’s first female Mizrahi justice.
She was appointed to the Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court in September 1993. In May 2006, she was appointed as a judge on the Jerusalem District Court and in March 2016 was made vice-president of the court. She is the wife of Likud MK Yuval Steinitz.
Judge Kabub, 63, who currently serves as vice-president of the Tel Aviv District Court, will be the Supreme Court’s first permanent Muslim justice. All previous Arab Israeli justices have been Christians.
In September 1997, Kabub was appointed as a judge to the Netanya Magistrate’s Court. In June 2003, he was appointed a judge of the Tel Aviv District Court, and in September 2017was appointed as vice-president.TIMES OF ISRAEL
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