Ayala Procaccia

Ayala Procaccia was born in 1941 in Ashdot Ya'akov

Procaccia was born in 1941 in Kibbutz Ashdot Ya'akov, the only child of Hanan Aynor and Yaffa Puterman-Efrat. Her father was a diplomat who served as Israel's ambassador to Mexico, Senegal and Ethiopia. She went to school in Tel Aviv.

After serving in the IDF, she studied law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, earning an LL.B. in 1963 and a master's degree in 1969, both with distinction. She was legal assistant to Chief Justice Shimon Agranat, the first woman in that role. In 1972 she received a doctorate in law from the University of Pennsylvania.

She then held senior posts in the Ministry of Justice and in 1983 became legal adviser to the Israel Securities Authority. She was appointed to the Jerusalem Magistrates' Court in 1987 and to the Jerusalem District Court in 1993.

She joined the Supreme Court in 2001 and chaired the Central Elections Committee from 2009. Her rulings included the 2003 decision against censoring the film Jenin, Jenin. She retired in 2011.

After retiring she headed several public bodies and became president of the Movement for Quality Government. In 2023 she took part in a protest against the override clause.