What is Supreme Court of Israel?
{{coord|31|46|51|N|35|12|13|E|display=title}} [[File:Elyon.JPG|thumb|250px|right|the Supreme Court of Israel building in Jerusalem]] The '''Supreme Court of Israel''' ({{lang-he|בית המשפט העליון}}) is the [[Supreme court|highest court]] of [[Israel]]. It is located in [[Jerusalem]], in the neighbourhood of [[Givat Ram]]. After Israel was established in 1948, the Supreme Court was sitting in the [[Russian Compound]] in Jerusalem. In 1986, the government held a contest to build a new building for the court and in 1992 the supreme court was moved to a new building next to the [[Knesset]]. Since 2017 [[Esther Hayut]] has been president of the Supreme Court. ==List of presidents== * [[Moshe Smoira]] (1948–1954) * [[Yitzhak Olshan]] (1954–1965) * [[Shimon Agranat]] (1965–1976) * [[Yoel Zussman]] (1976–1980) * [[Moshe Landau]] (1980–1982) * [[Yitzhak Kahan]] (1982–1983) * [[Meir Shamgar]] (1983–1995) * [[Aharon Barak]] (1995–2006) * [[Dorit Beinisch]] (2006–2012) * [[Asher Grunis]] (2012–2015) * [[Miriam Naor]] (2015–2017) * [[Esther Hayut]] (since 2017) == Other websites == {{Commons|Israel supreme court}} *[http://www.court.gov.il/ Israeli Judicial Authority] *[http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Politics/judiciary.html Jewish Virtual Library: The Judicial Branch] {{asia-stub}} [[Category:Buildings and structures in Jerusalem]] [[Category:Government of Israel]] [[Category:National supreme courts|Israel]]