{"id":135,"date":"2025-11-19T14:37:36","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T14:37:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carmel-ltd.haifa.ac.il\/?p=135"},"modified":"2026-01-24T17:49:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T17:49:29","slug":"prof-oren-gazal-ayal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carmel-ltd.haifa.ac.il\/?p=135","title":{"rendered":"Prof. Oren Gazal-Ayal"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"135\" class=\"elementor elementor-135\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e6bdce8 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"e6bdce8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9ec6728 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9ec6728\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cd5a736 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"cd5a736\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/oren-gazal-ayal-943b681a\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"415\" height=\"415\" src=\"https:\/\/carmel-ltd.haifa.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Linkedin.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-352\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carmel-ltd.haifa.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Linkedin.png 415w, https:\/\/carmel-ltd.haifa.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Linkedin-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/carmel-ltd.haifa.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Linkedin-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 415px) 100vw, 415px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-373864c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"373864c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d3c33e5 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d3c33e5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Prof. Oren Gazal\u2013Ayal, Director<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6333557 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6333557\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-daeac16 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"daeac16\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-672045b elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"672045b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"896\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/carmel-ltd.haifa.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Oren-Gazal-Ayal_Pic_1-e1768514155935-896x1024.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-650\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carmel-ltd.haifa.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Oren-Gazal-Ayal_Pic_1-e1768514155935-896x1024.png 896w, https:\/\/carmel-ltd.haifa.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Oren-Gazal-Ayal_Pic_1-e1768514155935-263x300.png 263w, https:\/\/carmel-ltd.haifa.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Oren-Gazal-Ayal_Pic_1-e1768514155935-768x878.png 768w, https:\/\/carmel-ltd.haifa.ac.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Oren-Gazal-Ayal_Pic_1-e1768514155935.png 1240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 896px) 100vw, 896px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-345f551 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"345f551\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2072d6e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2072d6e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Prof. Oren Gazal-Ayal was, until recently, the Dean of the Faculty of Law and the director of the Center for the Study of Crime, Law and Society, and is currently the Vice President and Dean for Research and Development. He is an expert in criminal law and procedure, sentencing law, and law and economics at the University of Haifa. He chaired the committee that examined the enforcement of drug offenses in the IDF, as well as the committee that looked into the treatment of unauthorized absence from service. Additionally, he served in the Public Committee for the Examination of Punishment and Treatment of Convicted Offenders (the Dorner Committee), the Committee for Alternatives to Incarceration, the Academic Advisory Forum to the Inspector General of the Israeli Police, and the Academic Advisory Forum for the Israel Prison Authority. In addition, he has held other public advisory positions, such as advising the Knesset, the Attorney General, and the Military Advocate General. 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Glare Effect -->\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d7d9219 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d7d9219\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Director<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a7fe36d elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"a7fe36d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9f637fd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9f637fd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Prof. Oren Gazal-Ayal was, until recently, the Dean of the Faculty of Law and the director of the Center for the Study of Crime, Law and Society, and is currently the Vice President and Dean for Research and Development. He is an expert in criminal law and procedure, sentencing law, and law and economics at the University of Haifa.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b057159 elementor-widget elementor-widget-ucaddon_toggle_text_button\" data-id=\"b057159\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"ucaddon_toggle_text_button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<!-- start Toggle Text Button -->\n<style>\/* widget: Toggle Text Button *\/\n\n#uc_toggle_text_button_elementor_b057159 .read_more{\n  text-decoration:none;\n  font-size:14px;\n  color:white;\n  transition:0.3s;\n  cursor: pointer;\n}\n\n<\/style>\n\n<div id=\"uc_toggle_text_button_elementor_b057159\" class=\"toggle_text_button\"> \n  \n  <div class=\"short_txt\"><\/div>   \n  <div class=\"long_txt\" style=\"display:none;\"><p>He chaired the committee that examined the enforcement of drug offenses in the IDF, as well as the committee that looked into the treatment of unauthorized absence from service. Additionally, he served in the Public Committee for the Examination of Punishment and Treatment of Convicted Offenders (the Dorner Committee), the Committee for Alternatives to Incarceration, the Academic Advisory Forum to the Inspector General of the Israeli Police, and the Academic Advisory Forum for the Israel Prison Authority. In addition, he has held other public advisory positions, such as advising the Knesset, the Attorney General, and the Military Advocate General. He initiated a reform for alternatives to criminal proceedings, which was subsequently legislated by the Israeli parliament (the Knesset) in 2012. <br \/>He serves as the vice-chair of the Public Committee for the Prevention of False Convictions (headed by the former Supreme Court Justice Yoram Danziger) and the Advisory Committee to the Minister of Justice for Criminal Procedure and Evidence Law.<\/p><\/div>  \n  \n  <div style=\"text-align:left;\">  \n    <span class=\"read_more\">\n      <span class=\"btn_txt_before_click\"><span  class=\"uc_style_toggle_text_button_elementor_button_text\" style=\"color:#08BBE7;\">Read more...<\/span><\/span>\n      <span class=\"btn_txt_after_click\" style=\"display:none;\"><span  class=\"uc_style_toggle_text_button_elementor_button_text_close\" style=\"color:#08BBE7;\">Show Less<\/span><\/span>\n    <\/span>  \n  <\/div>  \n<\/div>\n<!-- end Toggle Text Button 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\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9597394 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9597394\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-65822b3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"65822b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Prof. Oren Gazal\u2013Ayal<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa30d6b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"aa30d6b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Director<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div 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class=\"uc_social-button\"   target='_blank'><i class=\"fab fa-linkedin\"><\/i><\/a>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- end Social Icons Glare Effect -->\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dc4b3b6 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"dc4b3b6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1fbf4e0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1fbf4e0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Prof. Oren Gazal-Ayal was, until recently, the Dean of the Faculty of Law and the director of the Center for the Study of Crime, Law and Society, and is currently the Vice President and Dean for Research and Development.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-73a77b6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-ucaddon_toggle_text_button\" data-id=\"73a77b6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"ucaddon_toggle_text_button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n<!-- start Toggle Text Button -->\n<style>\/* widget: Toggle Text Button *\/\n\n#uc_toggle_text_button_elementor_73a77b6 .read_more{\n  text-decoration:none;\n  font-size:14px;\n  color:white;\n  transition:0.3s;\n  cursor: pointer;\n}\n\n<\/style>\n\n<div id=\"uc_toggle_text_button_elementor_73a77b6\" class=\"toggle_text_button\"> \n  \n  <div class=\"short_txt\"><\/div>   \n  <div class=\"long_txt\" style=\"display:none;\"><p>He is an expert in criminal law and procedure, sentencing law, and law and economics at the University of Haifa. He chaired the committee that examined the enforcement of drug offenses in the IDF, as well as the committee that looked into the treatment of unauthorized absence from service. Additionally, he served in the Public Committee for the Examination of Punishment and Treatment of Convicted Offenders (the Dorner Committee), the Committee for Alternatives to Incarceration, the Academic Advisory Forum to the Inspector General of the Israeli Police, and the Academic Advisory Forum for the Israel Prison Authority. In addition, he has held other public advisory positions, such as advising the Knesset, the Attorney General, and the Military Advocate General. 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