{"id":9370,"date":"2014-10-16T12:55:05","date_gmt":"2014-10-16T12:55:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kohelet.org.il\/article\/an-independent-inspectorate-for-israels-state-prosecution-comparative-analysis-and-policy-proposal\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T07:31:38","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T07:31:38","slug":"an-independent-inspectorate-for-israels-state-prosecution-comparative-analysis-and-policy-proposal","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.kohelet.org.il\/en\/article\/an-independent-inspectorate-for-israels-state-prosecution-comparative-analysis-and-policy-proposal\/","title":{"rendered":"Kohelet Paper &#8211; An Independent Inspectorate for Israel\u2019s State Prosecution"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Authored by Dr. Yitzhak Klein and Adv. Moran Nagid, this policy paper was written against the background of rising public criticism of alleged illegal behavior and incompetence of Israel\u2019s State Prosecution. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The paper documents the immense power and lack of accountability of Israel\u2019s State Prosecution and analyses the function of inspectorates established to probe the conduct of prosecutors in Britain and the United States.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It recommends the establishment of an independent inspectorate with broad powers to initiate systemic investigations of the State Prosecution\u2019s conduct, as well as to investigate specific complaints by people who believe they have been wronged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">See the full Hebrew paper <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kohelet.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/%D7%9E%D7%91%D7%A7%D7%A8-%D7%A2%D7%A6%D7%9E%D7%90%D7%99-%D7%9C%D7%AA%D7%91%D7%99%D7%A2%D7%94-%D7%94%D7%A4%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%AA-%D7%A9%D7%9C-%D7%9E%D7%93%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%AA-%D7%99%D7%A9%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%9C-%D7%9E%D7%97%D7%A7%D7%A8-%D7%94%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%95%D7%90%D7%AA%D7%99-%D7%95%D7%94%D7%A6%D7%A2%D7%94-%D7%9C%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%99-%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%9F-%D7%A0%D7%92%D7%99%D7%93-%D7%95%D7%99%D7%A6%D7%97%D7%A7-%D7%A7%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9F.pdf\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.kohelet.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/%D7%9E%D7%91%D7%A7%D7%A8-%D7%A2%D7%A6%D7%9E%D7%90%D7%99-%D7%9C%D7%AA%D7%91%D7%99%D7%A2%D7%94-%D7%94%D7%A4%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%AA-%D7%A9%D7%9C-%D7%9E%D7%93%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%AA-%D7%99%D7%A9%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%9C-%D7%9E%D7%97%D7%A7%D7%A8-%D7%94%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%95%D7%90%D7%AA%D7%99-%D7%95%D7%94%D7%A6%D7%A2%D7%94-%D7%9C%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%99-%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%9F-%D7%A0%D7%92%D7%99%D7%93-%D7%95%D7%99%D7%A6%D7%97%D7%A7-%D7%A7%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9F.pdf\">here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Authored by Dr. Yitzhak Klein and Adv. 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