Salim Joubran

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Salim Joubran (born 1947) is a judge on the Israeli Supreme Court. An Israeli Arab, he has served on the Court since 2003, and has been a permanent member since May 2004, becoming the first Israeli Arab to be appointed permanently to the Court (Abdel Rahman Zuabi had previously served as a temporary justice for nine months, but was not appointed permanently).

Joubran was born in the German Colony neighborhood of Haifa to a Christian Arab family descended from Lebanese Maronites. He earned a law degree from Jerusalem's Hebrew University, and entered private practice as a lawyer in 1970.

In 1982 he left private practice after 12 years to accept an appointment as a judge on Haifa's Magistrate's Court, where he served for 11 years. In 1993, he was appointed to Haifa's district court, and served in that capacity for another 10 years, following which he was elevated to the Supreme Court first as a temporary and then as a permanent judge.

Joubran served in the past as governor of Israel Rotary (dist. 2490).

[edit] References

• "15 nominees named for 4 justice posts", Jerusalem Post, April 14, 2004. 
• "It was Joubran's day", Jerusalem Post, May 25, 2004.