FORENSIC MEDICINE IN ISRAEL

We discuss the Israeli medicolegal system, which is rooted in remnants of British jurisprudence. Forensic services for the entire country an d the occupied territories (Judea and Samaria), and now the Palestinia n Autonomy (Gaza Strip and Jericho), are supplied by one central insti tute located in Tel Aviv. That organization, the L. Greenberg Institut e of Forensic Medicine, is a department of the Ministry of Health and has academic affiliation with the University of Tel Aviv. About 2,000 necroscopic examinations are performed annually, and the types of case s encountered in the forensic practice in Israel are noted. The academ ic and research activities of the Institute's staff are described, wit h emphasis on collaboration with overseas forensic scientists. The mod em history of the country is reflected in the chronicle of the evoluti on of its forensic medicine.