The appointment of the first Muslim to be a permanent member of the Israeli Supreme Court

Israeli judicial authorities on Monday confirmed the appointment of the first Muslim citizen to be a permanent member of the Supreme Court, Israel's highest judicial authority.

Non-Jewish justices have previously been appointed to the Supreme Court, but they have all been Christians.

And on Monday, Khaled Kaboub, 63, became the first Muslim judge appointed to a permanent position in the Supreme Court. Kaboub previously served as a judge in the District Court in the coastal city of Tel Aviv, and is one of four new judges appointed by a committee that includes judges from the Supreme Court, ministers, representatives and lawyers. .

Kaboub was born in Jaffa and studied history and Islam at Tel Aviv University, completed his law degree at the same university, then worked in a private law firm before becoming a judge.

The Israeli Supreme Court hears often controversial cases related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the court is scheduled to rule soon on the file of seven Palestinian families who petitioned to overturn a lower Israeli court's decision to expel them from their homes in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of Jerusalem.

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