Yitzhak Molcho (

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: יצחק מולכו, born c. 1945) is an Israeli lawyer and former chief negotiator in the Israeli negotiating team with the

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on behalf of Israeli Prime Minister,

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Legal career

Molcho served as Netanyahu's adviser in his first term as prime minister, and along with another adviser at the time,

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, became the first representative of Netanyahu's first Government, on 27 June 1996, to convene with

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. In 2010, he was appointed to head the Israeli negotiating team, on behalf of the second Netanyahu Government. Molcho led Israel's representatives at the talks for the

Hebron Protocol The Protocol Concerning the Redeployment in Hebron, also known as the Hebron Protocol or Hebron Agreement, was signed on 17 January 1997 by Israel, represented by Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu, and the Palestine Liberation Organiz ...

. Molcho's law practice specializes in

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. Molcho joined the firm in 1970 and married the founding partner's daughter. When the founder died in 1978, Molcho took over as managing partner. He added a cousin of Netanyahu as a partner to the firm and has handled private legal matters of the Netanyahu family.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Molcho, Yitzhak Israeli lawyers Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Hebrew University Secondary School alumni