31.01.2012                      07.Schwat. 5772

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Lawyer who worked for outposts to sit on Israeli government panel to legalize them

Lawyer to be member of committee which 'will examine real estate issues in the West Bank,' Prime Minister's Bureau announces.

A lawyer appointed to serve on a government committee seeking ways to legalize illegal settlement outposts was on the payroll of a settlers' organization advocating such legalization until nine days ago.
On Monday, the Prime Minister's Bureau announced the members of the panel, which "will examine real estate issues in the West Bank": former Supreme Court Justice Edmond Levy, chairman; retired Judge Tchia Shapira, the daughter of former Chief Rabbi Shlomo Goren; and attorney Alan Baker, who formerly served both as legal advisor to the Foreign Ministry and as Israeli ambassador to Canada. Today, Baker – himself a resident of the settlement of Har Adar – runs a small law firm specializing in international law….