Mishael Cheshin

Mishael Cheshin (Hebrew: מישאל חשין‎; 16 February 1936 – 19 September 2015) was an Israeli Justice who served in the Supreme Court of Israel from 1992 to 2006.

[2] He was the son of Shneor Zalman Cheshin [he] and Leah (née Margalit).

His father, born in Jerusalem, was a Justice of the Israeli Supreme Court, and was related to Shneur Zalman of Liadi.

His mother, born in Beirut to parents from Safed, the founding president of the Jerusalem Foundation.

While serving as chairman of Israel's Central Election Commission, Cheshin suspended broadcasts of a press conference held by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon as a violation of election law.