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Amos Hausner

Amos Hausner

Adv. Amos Hausner
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  • Was born in Jerusalem on June 22, 1950.
  • As a teenager, he volunteered at a hospital in Jerusalem through the “Youth for Youth” organization (1966–1968).
  • He studied law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where he served on the editorial board of the Mishpatim law journal and worked as a research assistant from 1975 to 1976.
  • He completed his law degree in 1976.
  • Following his studies, he interned at a law firm in New York from 1977 to 1978.
  • Upon returning to Israel, he joined his father's law firm in Jerusalem.
  • Alongside his legal work, he served as a member of the Zionist Supreme Court of the World Zionist Organization (WZO) from 1998 to 2006, as WZO's legal counsel from 2006 to 2010, and as its General Counsel from 2009 to 2010.
  • Between 1997 and 2012, he chaired election committees for community councils in the Jerusalem neighborhoods of Neve Yaakov, Har Nof, East Talpiot, Gilo, Homat Shmuel, and Ginot Ha’ir.
  • Since 2011, he has been a member of the board of directors of the Mashmaut Institute (Moreshet Hashoah), and lectures on the Eichmann trial.
  • He is also highly active in tobacco control advocacy.
  • In 1983, he joined the Israel Council for the Prevention of Smoking as its legal adviser. In 1985, he initiated legislation to disqualify cigarette advertising expenses from being tax-deductible. He has filed several petitions to the Israeli Supreme Court (Bagatz) on tobacco-related issues, leading to key legal precedents regarding smoking restrictions in public spaces.
  • Since the early 2000s, he has served as Chairman of the Israel Council for the Prevention of Smoking.
  • From 2003 to 2015, he was a member of the FAMRI committee (Flight Attendant Medical Research Institute), which funded scientific research on smoking-related harm. As part of his advocacy, he regularly lectures to the public on the dangers of smoking and strategies for prevention.

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Adv. Amos Hausner
Family member, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

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