Shai Nitzan () was the former State Attorney of Israel, from 2013 to December 2019. Nitzan headed the commission assigned to investigate the

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, finding no misconduct on the part of the

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. The position was vacant from December 2019 to 5 February 2020, when Dan Eldad was appointed to the position. Avichai Mandelblit had initially objected to Eldad's appointment, but later dropped his opposition. In November 2021 Nitzan was appointed rector of the

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1959 births State attorneys of Israel Living people Israeli people of Czechoslovak-Jewish descent Israeli people of Hungarian-Jewish descent Lawyers from Jerusalem {{Israel-bio-stub