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From the article by Judge Benzion Greenberger,
District Court of Jerusalem, Israel, in the 2014 edition of The Judges’
Newsletter:
“Regarding Hague Convention cases, these are heard in
Family Court, and all Family Court judges are qualified to hear them. Thus,
while there is no specific concentration vis-à-vis Hague cases, these are heard
by a relatively limited number of judges in the country who specialize in
family law, and who are therefore better qualified to be involved in this
complex area of the law. A recent development worthy of note in this regard is
the administrative decision of the Chief Judge of Jerusalem District Court, in
which three-judge panels hear appeals from the Jerusalem Family Court, to
empanel a specialized three judge panel for Hague Convention appeals
specifically, and on which panel will sit the judge representing Israel in the
Hague Convention Judges Network. This model has yet to be adopted in other
districts in the country, but this promising development is a further
indication of the trend toward concentration in Israel to date.”
