The first Israeli Arab judge to sit on the Israeli Supreme Court assumed his duties this week. Abed Al-Rahman Zuabi, 67, was appointed to the court for a nine-month period. Zuabi’s legal career spans 40 years, half of them working as an attorney in the private sector and the other half as a jurist. He most recently served as vice president of the Nazareth district court.
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