Editing Elyakim Rubinstein (section)

==Career==
Rubinstein launched a career in law, serving as a legal advisor to the ministries of Defense and Foreign Affairs during the mid-1970s. His diplomatic career started in 1977, and from then through 1979 he was a member of Israel's delegation to the peace talks with Egypt that led to the signing of the [[Camp David Accords]] between the two countries. Upon their completion, he became in 1980 an assistant director-general of the [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Israel)|Ministry of Foreign Affairs]] in charge of implementing the normalization of relations with Egypt.

During the early 1980s he served in a variety of capacities in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 1981-1985 served as Legal adviser for the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and in 1985-1986 served as [[Deputy Chief of Mission]] of the [[Embassy of Israel in Washington, D.C.]] In 1986 he was appointed [[Cabinet Secretary#Israel|Cabinet Secretary]]<ref>[http://elyon1.court.gov.il/heb/cv/fe_html_out/judges/k_hayim/22419566.htm Elyakim Rubinstein] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120413154232/http://elyon1.court.gov.il/heb/cv/fe_html_out/judges/k_hayim/22419566.htm |date=2012-04-13 }} on the official website of the Israeli Courts</ref> and in this capacity he served in various roles relating to [[Israel–United States relations]].

In 1991 he was again a member of an Israeli peace negotiating team, traveling as part of the Israeli delegation to the [[Madrid Conference of 1991|Madrid Peace Conference]] that opened the negotiations (for which he served as chairman of the Israeli delegation) that would eventually lead to the 1993 [[Oslo Accords]], a major breakthrough in the [[Israeli–Palestinian conflict]].

Following the conclusion of these talks, he chaired the Israeli delegation to peace talks with Jordan, which concluded successfully with the 1994 [[Israel–Jordan peace treaty]].

[[File:Flickr - Government Press Office (GPO) - SIGNING THE ISRAEL-JORDAN PEACE TREATY.jpg|thumb|upright|right|235px|Rubinstein (far left) at the signing of the Israel-Jordan peace treaty]]
He then turned towards domestic Israeli jurisprudence, serving as a judge on Jerusalem's District Court from 1995 to 1997, and then as [[Attorney General of Israel]], a position he held until January 25, 2004. He has written several books on Israel's Supreme Court, especially focusing on the relation of [[Judaism]] to Israeli political and legal life.  In this role he has gained a reputation for being somewhat of a liberal reformer, going up against the established might<!-- OK here: don't correct it--> of [[Orthodox Judaism]] in favor of religious pluralism to represent all factions of Judaism. His most important success in this endeavor has been to gain [[Reform Judaism|Reform]] and [[Conservative Judaism]] seats on Jerusalem's religious council, previously controlled entirely by the Orthodox. He has proposed opening a section of the [[Western Wall]] for non-Orthodox religious services, but this has not yet been successful.

Rubinstein has been criticized for being too hesitant or indecisive in cases involving powerful Israeli officials. In particular, he was criticized for having moved too slowly on corruption charges involving Prime Minister [[Ariel Sharon]] and his son Gilad. In the weeks following Rubinstein's end of term as Attorney General The [[State Attorney (Israel)|State Attorney]], [[Edna Arbel]], was quick to recommend that Sharon be indicted on bribery charges, however Rubinstein's replacement [[Menachem Mazuz]] subsequently exonerated Sharon and his sons and did not press charges of corruption due to insufficient evidence.<ref name="cnn.com">[http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/03/29/israel.sharon/index.html Sharon's son ordered to hand over documents] CNN, 29 March 2004</ref>

In May 2004, Rubinstein was appointed to Israel's Supreme Court.<ref name="News1">{{Cite web |url=http://www.news1.co.il/archive/006-D-103-00.html?tag=16-10-41 |title=רובינשטיין אליקים |publisher=news1.co.il |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113133941/http://www.news1.co.il/archive/006-D-103-00.html?tag=16-10-41 |archive-date=November 13, 2013 }}</ref> In January 2015 he was appointed Vice President of the Court, a position he held until his statutory retirement at the age of 70, in 2017.