Meir Zohar

Meir Zohar was born in 1910 in Dubno

Meir Zohar, also known as Misha, was born in 1910 in Dubno to Boris Dov and Sosia Lichtenstein. After high school he studied law at the University of Warsaw. At the same time he studied at the Institute for Jewish Studies in the city and joined the Zionist student movement.

He completed his doctorate in 1935, on the role of the entrepreneur in political economy. He then joined the Polish army and served as an artillery officer.

In 1939 he immigrated to the Land of Israel with his wife Paula Pnina and joined the Haganah. In the War of Independence he served as a captain in the quartermaster service and later as a major in the Engineering Corps. In 1950 he was admitted to the Israeli bar and moved to the Military Advocate General's office.

He served as deputy Military Advocate General and in 1952 became deputy president of the military court of appeals. In May 1953 he was appointed Military Advocate General and worked on the Military Justice Law, passed by the Knesset in 1955. In 1958 he was promoted to colonel and ordered the prosecution of Issachar Shadmi for murder over his part in the Kafr Qasim massacre.

He also lectured on military law at the Hebrew University law faculty. He died in 1961 after a severe illness while still in service. He was buried in the Kiryat Shaul military cemetery.