Moshe Ben-Ze'ev

Moshe Ben-Ze'ev was born in 1911 in Luninyets

Ben-Ze'ev was born in 1911 in Luninets, now in Belarus, to Ze'ev Wolf and Sarah Budnkin. He was a member of the Hashomer Hatzair and Hechalutz Hatzair youth movements. He studied law in Vilnius and moved to the Land of Israel in 1935.

He received a permanent license in 1940 and worked as a lawyer in Haifa. During the War of Independence he served as a military prosecutor and later as a military judge. In April 1958 he was appointed a judge of the Haifa District Court.

In 1963 he replaced Gideon Hausner as Attorney General. He dealt with the Lavon affair and recommended a commission of inquiry, which Prime Minister Levi Eshkol rejected. He also handled the case of judge Eliezer Malchi and represented the government before the High Court of Justice.

After his term he opened a private law office with Aryeh Kamar. In 1980 he headed a commission on the abuse of civil servants who exposed corruption. He was married to Tzipora Koppel and they had 4 children. He died in Jerusalem in 1995.