Jacob Turkel

Jacob Turkel
יעקב טירקל
Turkel in 2018
Born(1935-03-24)24 March 1935
Tel Aviv,  Mandatory Palestine
Died29 May 2023(2023-05-29) (aged 88)
Tel Aviv,  Israel
NationalityIsraeli
Other namesYaakov
Alma materHebrew University of Jerusalem
Known forFormer Supreme Court of Israel Justice

Jacob Turkel (Hebrew: יעקב טירקל; 24 March 1935 – 29 May 2023) was an Israeli judge who was a Supreme Court of Israel Justice. Turkel served as a judge for 38 years, a decade of that time on the Israeli Supreme Court. In June 2010, he was appointed to head the Israeli special independent Turkel Commission of Inquiry into the Gaza flotilla raid.

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