Amnon Straschnov is President of the Israeli Institute of Commercial arbitration and involved with the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs

Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs

The Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs is a public policy think tank devoted to research and analysis of critical issues facing the Middle East. The center is located in Jerusalem, Israel...

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He was President of the Military Courts in the West Bank from 1982 to 1984.
He served as Military Advocate General of the IDF from 1986 to 1991, during the First Intifada

First Intifada

The First Intifada was a Palestinian uprising against the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian Territories. The uprising began in the Jabalia refugee camp and quickly spread throughout Gaza, the West Bank and East Jerusalem....

He wrote a book entitled Justice Under Fire (1994, Hebrew). He is a graduate of the Graduate Officer Course of the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's School.

Between 1991-2002 Straschnov was a Judge

Judge

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 in the regional court in Tel Aviv

Tel Aviv

Tel Aviv , officially Tel Aviv-Yafo , is the second most populous city in Israel, with a population of 404,400 on a land area of . The city is located on the Israeli Mediterranean coastline in west-central Israel. It is the largest and most populous city in the metropolitan area of Gush Dan, with...

and resigned his position in 2002.

Judge Straschnov expressed severe criticism in July 2008 of the Israeli police's use of leaks in the financial scandal involving Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.