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Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit

The cabinet today voted to approve the appointment of Avichai Mandelblit as Israel’s new Attorney General.

An Orthodox Jew, Mandelblit served as Chief Military Advocate General of the IDF from 2004 to 2011. He was appointed Cabinet Secretary in April 2013.

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Mandelblit replaces Yehuda Weinstein, who took office February 1, 2010.

Weinstein leaves office with the distinction of having been the attorney general who personally approved the torture of Jewish teens under Shin Bet custody.

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Hana Levi Julian
Hana Levi Julian is a Middle East news analyst with a degree in Mass Communication and Journalism from Southern Connecticut State University. A past columnist with The Jewish Press and senior editor at Arutz 7, Ms. Julian has written for Babble.com, Chabad.org and other media outlets, in addition to her years working in broadcast journalism.

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