Former Chief Justice Meir Shamgar Lies in State at Supreme Court

The remains of Meir Shamgar, Israel's seventh Supreme Court justice, were brought to the country's top court in Jerusalem, where he will lie in state as Israelis pay their respects, ahead of his funeral later Tuesday.

Shamgar, who helped shape the character of the Israeli legal system and was a key figure who laid the cornerstones of Israeli law, died Friday at 94.

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