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Edna Arbel

Edna Arbel was an Israeli jurist who served as State Attorney from 1996 to 2004 and as a justice of the Supreme Court of Israel from 2004 to 2014.

1944 to 2026State Attorney of IsraelSupreme Court justiceProsecutions of senior public figures

Born: 22 June 1944, Jerusalem
Died: 1 July 2026
Occupation: judge
Education: Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Bar-Ilan University

Edna Arbel was born in 1944 in Jerusalem

Edna Arbel was born in Jerusalem on 22 June 1944, the daughter of Yitzhak and Tova Englander. She attended the Hebrew Reali high school Beit Hinuch in Haifa.

She studied law at the Tel Aviv branch of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem while doing her military service and finished in 1967. After an internship in the private sector, she was admitted to the bar in 1969.

In 1971 she was shot in the leg by a stray bullet during a blood feud incident in a Tel Aviv District Court hall. She joined the Central District prosecution in 1972 and became its District Attorney in 1984. She sat on a committee on the Bus 300 affair and assisted the inquiry into the Sabra and Shatila massacre.

In 1988 she became a judge of the Tel Aviv District Court and taught at Tel Aviv University. In January 1996 she succeeded Dorit Beinisch as State Attorney. Her office handled cases involving Ehud Olmert, Ofer Nimrodi, Yaakov Neeman and Avigdor Kahalani.

Nominated by Chief Justice Aharon Barak, she served on the Supreme Court from 2004 to 2014. She died on 1 July 2026.