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Yitzhak Molcho

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Yitzhak Molcho Yitzhak Molcho ( Hebrew : יצחק מולכו , born c. 1945 ) is an Israeli lawyer and chief negotiator in the Israeli negotiating team with the Palestinians on behalf of Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu . Molcho served as Netanyahu's adviser in his first term as Prime Minister, and along with another adviser at the time, Dore Gold , became the first representative of Netanyahu's first Government , in 27 June 1996, to convene with Yasser Arafat in Gaza . In 2010, he was appointed to head the Israeli negotiating team, on behalf of the second Netanyahu Government . Molcho led Israel's representatives at the talks for the Hebron Protocol . Molcho's law practice specializes in corporate law . Molcho joined the firm in 1970 and married the founding partner's daughter. When the founder died in 1978, Molcho took over as managing partner. He added a cousin of Netanyahu as a partner to the firm and has handled private legal matters of the Netanyahu family.1

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israeli lawyer and former chief negotiator in the israeli negotiating team with the palestinians on behalf of i

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