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	Menachem Mazuz
		Menahem Mazuz was born in 1955 in Djerba, Tunisia, one of nine brothers and sisters.
		The family immigrated to Israel and settled in Netivot, a development town in the Negev.
		Mazuz worked for several years in the State Attorney's Office department dealing with petitions to the High Court of Justice.
	www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/biography/Mazuz.html (120 words)

	israelinsider: politics: AG Mazuz takes ambivalent stance on anti-expulsion protesters (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Attorney General Menachem Mazuz on Tuesday blasted the leaders of the opposition to the disengagement, accusing them of crossing red lines in their public struggle to foil the Gaza pullout.
		Mazuz commended the courts for their severe actions in the hundreds of court sessions to try protesters who blocked roads some two weeks ago.
		Mazuz added that the guarded use of criminal indictments was not a sign of weakness on the part of Israeli society or law enforcement officials, and said that although criminal indictments might be the "easy way" to deal with protesters, they are "inappropriate in most cases."
	web.israelinsider.com /Articles/Politics/5717.htm (0 words)

	Evidence 'Clearly Shows' Sharon Took Bribes
		Mazuz, in contrast, paid close attention to chronology - such as the fact that Appel received some of the alleged benefits from Sharon several years before he hired Gilad, or the fact that much of the money Gilad received was paid while Sharon was in the opposition, and thus without influence in the government.
		Mazuz also sought clear, specific evidence for the alleged crime, and gave great weight to the fact that more than two years of wiretapping Appel's conversations had failed to produce a smoking gun.
		Mazuz did not include a third document - Arbel's summation of the evidence - in his response to the court, despite demands from Arbel's supporters in the prosecution that he do so.
	www.rense.com /general54/bride.htm (0 words)

	Refuser Solidarity Network
		AG Menachem Mazuz relaxing yesterday in Eilat, where he shocked the Israel Bar Association conference with his comments.
		On the right, coalition whip Gideon Sa'ar, MK (Likud), said Mazuz "was wrong to say things that could be interpreted as indifference to the grave practice of political criminality that undermines the foundations of democracy.
		However, Mazuz warned that a balance must be maintained between the value of conscientious objection and its consequences in any particular time and place.
	www.refusersolidarity.net /default.asp?content_new=positivephenomenon (0 words)

	Menachem Mazuz - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Menachem Mazuz (Hebrew: מנחם מזוז) (born 1955) is an Israeli jurist, who currently serves as Israel's Attorney General.
		Mazuz served his compulsory military service in the IDF Armored Corps, and then studied law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, earning his law degree in 1980 specializing in public and administrative law.
		When Mazuz's predecessor Elyakim Rubinstein resigned to accept appointment to the Supreme Court, Mazuz was chosen by Justice Minister Yosef Lapid; his selection and confirmation were carried out without the involvement of Sharon or vice-premier Ehud Olmert (also a target of the campaign-finance investigation) who both abstained in order to avoid a conflict of interest.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Menachem_Mazuz (0 words)

	Israeli attorney general is faced with decision on fate of Sharon - Newsday.com
		It is up to Menachem Mazuz, chosen by Israel's Cabinet in January as the country's 11th attorney general, to decide whether to indict Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on corruption charges, which could force Sharon from office and topple his government.
		Mazuz inherited the Sharon case from Eliyakim Rubinstein, and took office four days after the real estate developer, David Appel, was indicted on charges of bribing Sharon.
		Mazuz has given no indication of what he might do, though officials in his office said they expect him to act within two months.
	www.newsday.com /bal-te.israel30mar30,0,4512401.story?page=1 (0 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Attorney-General Menachem Mazuz on Monday ruled as baseless claims by Finance Minister Avraham Hirchson that he was threatened over his plans for fiscal reforms.
		Mazuz refused to meet Hirchson's lawyer and asked Hirchson to file a written complaint if he wishes the A-G to launch an inquiry.
		Mazuz said the finance minister needs to present credible evidence for his office to be able to launch a criminal inquiry.
	www.ynetnews.com /articles/0,7340,L-3270646,00.html (0 words)

	Update on Sharansky's Crime (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Attorney General Menachem Mazuz has canceled a June 2004 governmental decision made by two ministers to apply the absentee property law to tens of thousands of dunams of Palestinian property in East Jerusalem.
		Mazuz explained his decision by saying that the "absence of West Bank residents from East Jerusalem is a technical matter, since they became absentees due to a unilateral action taken by Israel.
		Mazuz said that the ministerial committee decision did not reach him "due to a fault," saying he only heard about it recently from appeals brought to him.
	www.israelblog.org /1107387527 (0 words)

	Adalah: Press Release (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Following the appearance of Israeli Attorney General (AG) Menachem Mazuz at a press conference held on 21 September 2005 regarding the Ministry of Justice’s Police Investigation Unit’s (Mahash) report on the events of October 2000, Adalah considers the words of AG Mazuz in sweeping support of Mahash’s report extremely dangerous.
		In spite of AG Mazuz’s full knowledge of the possibility of submitting appeals to him in relation to the report, and the right of the victims’ families to just procedures and due process, he nevertheless violated his duty, which he is required to carry out with honesty and objectivity.
		The participation of AG Mazuz in the Ministry of Justice’s recent press conference and the statements he made during it concerning his absolute support of and trust in Mahash and its report constitute an infringement of the law, and have now foreclosed the possibility of appealing to him.
	www.adalah.org /eng/pressreleases/pr.php?file=05_09_25 (0 words)

	Israeli A-G says Vanunu is a danger to security
		Mazuz presented his position at a meeting of the Knesset's Constitution, Law and Justice Committee, which was convened to discuss the restrictions that might be imposed on Vanunu when he is released on April 21 after 18 years in prison.
		Mazuz said he was basing his assessment on information provided by figures in the defense establishment.
		Mazuz noted that in a meeting on the Vanunu release held February 24 in the Prime Minister's Office, he voiced his opposition to placing Vanunu in administrative detention following his release from jail.
	www.fromoccupiedpalestine.org /node.php?id=1203 (0 words)

	Jewish and Israel News from New York - The Jewish Week (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Attorney General Menachem Mazuz, the man on whose shoulders rests the future of Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, his government and the proposed Palestinian disengagement plan, is a career civil servant who is said to be totally divorced from politics.
		Lapid said the 48-year-old Mazuz, who is expected to decide in the next two months whether to indict Sharon on bribery charges, was his choice to succeed the retiring Elyakim Rubinstein as Israel’s top law enforcement officer because of his background and work ethic.
		Mazuz studied at a religious school in Jerusalem and served in the armored corps of the Israel Defense Forces before attending the Hebrew University’s law school and graduating with honors.
	www.thejewishweek.com /news/newscontent.php3?artid=9285 (0 words)

	The Head Heeb: Self-correction revisited
		Israeli Attorney General Menachem Mazuz has decided to reopen the investigation into the deaths of 13 Arab Israeli citizens during the October 2000 riots.
		Mazuz is considering inviting Israeli Arab leaders for a meeting to discuss the investigation, in an effort to create dialogue and remove the mistrust between Israeli Arabs and law enforcement authorities.
		However, Adalah has recently asked to see the material used in the investigation, and Mazuz is slated to meet next week with the heads of the state prosecution to decide which material will be submitted to Adalah.
	headheeb.blogmosis.com /archives/029419.html (0 words)

	Arutz Sheva - Israel National News
		Mazuz said that there was not sufficient evidence to charge him, but that it would be appropriate for him to resign in any event.
		Mazuz further threatened to initiate an administrative procedure to depose the rabbi if he does not leave his post.
		Mazuz's confidantes said at the time that he would not "engage in the worthless practice of issuing public reports that leave the suspect in the gray area - not guilty, but not quite innocent.
	www.israelnn.com /news.php3?id=101449 (0 words)

	European Jewish Congress - Israeli Press Review of 16/10/06
		Attorney General Menachem Mazuz is the one who will ultimately make the decision on whether there is "a reasonable chance of conviction," which is the test for bringing an indictment.
		Mazuz has yet to decide on this paramount question, but it is hard to imagine that his opinion will differ radically from that of the police - even if he disagrees with their recommendation to indict on one particular charge among the many that were cited in the police summary of the investigation.
		A delay of several weeks in the attorney general’s decision, such as was hinted at in the announcement, seems strange on the face of it, considering the close cooperation between the State Prosecutor’s Office and the police in steering the investigation and assessing the evidence that has been collected.
	www.eurojewcong.org /ejc/news.php?id_article=582 (0 words)

	Police: Enough evidence found to indict Katsav on sex charges : SF Indymedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Mazuz is expected to render a decision in two to three months.
		Mazuz: I don't believe there's a plot against the president In an interview to Channel 10 Tuesday, Mazuz said he did not believe there was a plot being conspired against the president.
		Mazuz said that people under investigation habitually claim they are being framed, but that, in this case, he does not believe there is a plot against the president.
	sf.indymedia.org /news/2006/09/1732467.php (0 words)

	Israeli attorney-general: seizing Jerusalem lands illegal - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		On Monday, Attorney General Menachem Mazuz told the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) that the government’s decision to enforce the Absentee Property Law was taken without his knowledge or approval.
		Mazuz’s remarks contradicts with an earlier statement issued by the Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s office, which claimed that the Ministerial Committee on Jerusalem made the decision "with the consent of the attorney general's representative”, who attended its meeting.
		Mazuz issued the letter after the ACRI demanded him on Sunday to overturn the decision, saying that the Absentee Property Law is a “severe and disproportionate injury to the right of ownership, freedom of occupation and the right to live in dignity of the property owners”.
	www.aljazeera.com /me.asp?service_ID=6909 (0 words)

	Islam Online- News Section (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		In a lengthy legal opinion Tuesday, February 1, Mazuz told the government to cancel implementation of the absentee property law in Al-Quds, saying it violated obligations under international law and was sure to be overturned by the Supreme Court, reported Agence France-Presse (AFP).
		Mazuz also said in a letter to Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is responsible for implementing the law, that he must order an immediate halt to the application of the law, Israeli Ha’aretz newspaper reported.
		Mazuz was referring to an International Court of Justice’s ruling, which demanded Israel tear down the separation wall sneaking through vast swathes of Palestinian land and preempt the borders of a future Palestinian state.
	www.islamonline.net /English/News/2005-02/02/article03.shtml (0 words)

	PALESTINE MONITOR (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The controversial law, condemned by Amnesty International as racist, was originally intended to be extended by a year, but the extension period was cut by half in line with a proposal Thursday by Attorney Menachem Mazuz.
		Mazuz suggested three reservations for the law, which evoked international denunciations and was branded discriminatory and racist.
		Mazuz suggested that at the end of the six-month extension period a new, time-limited Citizenship Law, would be enacted.
	www.palestinemonitor.org /new_web/citizenship_law_israel.htm (0 words)

	Kabinet Israel Sepakat Tunjuk Menachem Mazuz untuk Tentukan Nasib PM Ariel Sharon - Selasa, 27 Januari 2004 (via ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Mazuz menggantikan Elyakim Rubinstein yang telah habis masa jabatannya.
		Walaupun Mazuz akan menjadi tokoh kunci bagi nasibnya, namun kemarin, Sharon tetap mengucapkan selamat kepada Mazuz.
		Mazuz sendiri mengaku hingga saat ini belum menemukan cara terbaik dalam memulai mengungkap kasus Sharon.
	www.kompas.com.cob-web.org:8888 /kompas-cetak/0401/27/ln/821902.htm (0 words)

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		According to Mazuz, the main difficulty in bringing inciters to trial is the need to prove there is a high probability their words would lead to violence.
		Mazuz said the incitement is not a regular criminal phenomenon, as it is based on ideological and not criminal intent.
		Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and government ministers, Mazuz said the number of investigations against public figures in Israel is relatively high in relation to many other western countries.
	www.ynetnews.com /articles/0,7340,L-3052713,00.html (0 words)

	CRISIS:ISRAEL - ATTORNEY GENERAL'S JIHAD AGAINST ZIONISM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Israel's Attorney General, Menachem "Manny" Mazuz, is a far leftist and a compatriot of Yossi Beilin, godmother of Olso.
		Mazuz declared that the JNF, even though it is not a state-agency but an NGO, cannot favor Jewish users and uses in allocation of its lands and has to give equal priority to Arab uses and users.
		Mazuz' latest is a symptom of the "Post-Zionist" syndrome and its increasing control over the Likud itself.
	www.crisisisrael.com /display_commentary.php?cid=285 (0 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : International
		Avoiding any conflict of interest, Sharon did not participate in the 20-0 cabinet vote that tapped Menachem Mazuz for the job, Israel Radio said.
		Mazuz served as deputy attorney general for the past decade and replaces Eliyakim Rubinstein, who held the job for seven years.
		Mazuz was the favoured candidate of justice minister Yosef Lapid, whose centrist Shinui party has pledged to stamp out corruption in government.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1040126/asp/foreign/story_2827284.asp (0 words)

	Ariga: Mazuz apologizes -- but doesn't retract Thursday, June 17, 2004
		Mazuz meanwhile issued an apology to the prosecution, where a petition was gathering momentum demanding he retract his accusations (which were made behind closed doors in a ‘briefing’ to reporters after Mazuz read a 15-page summary of his decision to close the books on the Sharon bribery case known as the Greek island affair).
		The Mazuz apology, however, was not a retraction of what he said, and it was phrased in such a way as to imply that while he did not mean to impugn the entire prosecution he was not retracting his insinuations about Arbel.
		The High Court is not likely to reverse Mazuz’s decision — but Mazuz’s 75-page explanation of his decision is now a matter of public record and it is coming in for some severe criticism from legal authorities.
	www.ariga.com /2004-06-17.shtml (0 words)

	Menachem Mazuz - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.virginia.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Mazuz adopted a hardline legal approach towards demonstrators opposing the destruction of the Jewish towns of Gush Katif.
		After the successful and relatively peaceful completion of the retreat, Mazuz said that it was freedom of demonstration which prevented the operation from escalating into a violent one.
		Mazuz faced harsh criticism following his decision, given in January 2005, according to which Israeli Arabs are allowed to buy lands owned by the Jewish National Fund.
	en.wikipedia.org.cob-web.org:8888 /wiki/Meni_Mazuz (0 words)

	AG Mazuz undecided on future of role with Olmert probe panel - Haaretz - Israel News (via CobWeb/3.1 ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Mazuz maintains that there is no need for him to make a decision on this issue until the examination by the state prosecution is completed and the extent of his sister's involvement comes to light.
		Mazuz himself was not aware of his sister's possible involvement in the case until Tuesday, despite the fact that the prosecution has been examining the case for three months.
		Mazuz's offices at the Justice Ministry have not been involved in the examination, the findings of which the prosecution has been submitting directly to the State Comptroller's Office.
	www.haaretz.com.cob-web.org:8888 /hasen/spages/779776.html (0 words)

	CNN.com - Sharon won't face bribery charges - Jun 15, 2004
		Attorney General Menachem Mazuz said there is "insufficient evidence" to prosecute Sharon and his son, Gilad.
		The state prosecutor's office had recommended that Mazuz indict the prime minister in connection with allegations that a businessman paid money to Sharon's son to win his help in developing a Greek island when Sharon was Israeli foreign minister.
		The Israeli daily Ha'aretz reported that, while he will not move forward on an indictment, Mazuz will publish a detailed report criticizing Sharon and his son, alleging their conduct was on the verge of criminal behavior.
	edition.cnn.com /2004/WORLD/meast/06/15/sharon/index.html (0 words)

	The Head Heeb: Reversal
		In a letter sent Tuesday to Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is responsible for the law's enactment, Mazuz said it was not within the ministerial committee's power to interpret the extent of the authority of the absentee property custodian.
		Mazuz' decision returns Israeli policy to the status quo before July 2004, in which Palestinians who owned land on the west side of the security fence were entitled either to compensation or access to their property.
		What's turning heads is Mazuz' claim that the cabinet decision was made without his knowledge or consent.
	headheeb.blogmosis.com /archives/027541.html (0 words)

	The Epoch Times \| Israel's Attorney General Nixes Government Plans to Expropriate Palestinian Land
		JERUSALEM - It was all done very secretly last June, when cabinet ministers decided to let the state confiscate East Jerusalem property belonging to Palestinians living in the West Bank.
		This week, Attorney General Menachem Mazuz struck down the cabinet decision, saying it is legally "indefensible" and violates both Israeli and international law.
		Mazuz also says reviving the law would invite international condemnation of Israel, which has already come under harsh criticism from the International Court of Justice in the Hague for building its so-called security barrier in and around the West Bank.
	www.theepochtimes.com /news/5-2-2/26223.html (0 words)

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