Amit Aisman עמית איסמן
Head of Israel's State Prosecution (Praklit HaMedina), the office that conducts all criminal prosecutions in the District and Supreme Courts and represents the State in major civil litigation. Appointed in 2021 for the standard non-renewable seven-year term.
רקע
Aisman built his career within the State Prosecution itself, rising through the criminal-prosecution ranks and serving as Deputy State Prosecutor for criminal matters before his 2021 appointment as State Prosecutor by then-Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit. The State Prosecutor reports formally to the Attorney General and operates with significant day-to-day independence within that hierarchy.
פועל בולט
- Oversees roughly 1,000 prosecutors handling tens of thousands of criminal cases annually across Israel
- Office has handled the ongoing prosecutions of the October 7 Hamas terrorists captured during and after the massacre, building meticulous evidentiary records of the atrocities for both Israeli and international purposes
- Has been responsible for prosecutorial decisions on a range of public-corruption and security cases
- Term scheduled to end 2027
כיום
Continues in office leading day-to-day prosecution policy across the country.
למה זה חשוב
The State Prosecution is the workhorse of Israeli criminal justice, and its independence is a quiet but essential pillar of the rule of law in the Jewish state.
ציטוט הדף הזה
Amit Aisman, State Prosecutor. מדינת ישראל. https://thestateofisrael.com/he/justice/amit-aisman