Ze'ev Segal was an Israeli lawyer

Lawyer

A lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law; as an attorney, counsel or solicitor; a person who is practicing law." Law is the system of rules of conduct established by the sovereign government of a society to correct wrongs, maintain the stability of political...

, a professor of law at Tel Aviv University

Tel Aviv University

Tel Aviv University is a public university located in Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel. With nearly 30,000 students, TAU is Israel's largest university.-History:...

 and a legal analyst for the newspaper Haaretz

Haaretz

Haaretz is Israel's oldest daily newspaper. It was founded in 1918 and is now published in both Hebrew and English in Berliner format. The English edition is published and sold together with the International Herald Tribune. Both Hebrew and English editions can be read on the Internet...

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Biography

Segal was born in Mandate Palestine in 1947. Segal served in the Israel Defense Forces

Israel Defense Forces

The Israel Defense Forces , commonly known in Israel by the Hebrew acronym Tzahal , are the military forces of the State of Israel. They consist of the ground forces, air force and navy. It is the sole military wing of the Israeli security forces, and has no civilian jurisdiction within Israel...

 as a military correspondent for the Gadna

Gadna (Israel)

Gadna is an Israeli military program to prepare youth for their mandatory military service in the Israel Defense Forces or Border Police. A one week program of discipline and military learning run mostly by soldiers of the Nahal infantry brigade, as well as by soldiers recruited and trained...

 newspaper "Bemachane Gadna" (במחנה גדנ"ע) in 1965 - 1968. In March 1973, several months before David Ben-Gurion

David Ben-Gurion

' was the first Prime Minister of Israel.Ben-Gurion's passion for Zionism, which began early in life, led him to become a major Zionist leader and Executive Head of the World Zionist Organization in 1946...

 died, Segal conducted the last comprehensive interview with Ben-Gurion.

Segal received an LL.M degree from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Hebrew University of Jerusalem

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem ; ; abbreviated HUJI) is Israel's second-oldest university, after the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. The Hebrew University has three campuses in Jerusalem and one in Rehovot. The world's largest Jewish studies library is located on its Edmond J...

. In 1982, he received a doctorate in law from the Tel Aviv University

Tel Aviv University

Tel Aviv University is a public university located in Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel. With nearly 30,000 students, TAU is Israel's largest university.-History:...

. He worked as an assistant to Shimon Peres

Shimon Peres

GCMG is the ninth President of the State of Israel. Peres served twice as the eighth Prime Minister of Israel and once as Interim Prime Minister, and has been a member of 12 cabinets in a political career spanning over 66 years...

, who was then Minister of Communications and Transport.

Public career

In 1985-1997 Segal served as a public representative for the Israeli Press Council and as a member of the ethics tribunal for the Israeli Press Council. He served as board member of the Israeli parliamentarism association and was a joint chairman for the Law and Society forum. Segal was one of the drafters of the Kinneret Covenant (אמנת כנרת) which seeks to create a common ground for various currents in Israeli society (right-left, religious-secular, etc.).

External links

• Ze'ev Segal, Haaretz senior legal analyst, dies aged 63 / Tomer Zarchin, Haaretz, 11 January 2011
• Professor and renown journalist Zeev Segal dies at 63, Jerusalem Post, 12 January 2011
• Ze'ev Segal, on NFC (Hebrew)