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Neiman V. Military Governor Of The Occupied Area Of Jerusalem, Moshe Smoira, Shneor Zalman Cheshin, Yitzhak Olshan

Translated Opinions

The Petitioner, while employed by the Army as a civilian employee, assaulted a soldier and committed other acts constituting criminal offences under both military and civil law. After he had ceased to be so employed, the Petitioner was charged before a military court. He sought an order restraining the military court from proceeding with the charges on the grounds that he was not at the relevant time a soldier within the meaning of the Army Code, or alternatively that he had ceased to be a soldier when charged and that a military court therefore had no jurisdiction in the matter. …