Yitzhak Kahan
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Yitzhak Kahan was an Israeli jurist who served as President of the Supreme Court of Israel and chaired the commission that investigated the Sabra and Shatila massacre.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Yitzhak Kahan canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7516523 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Yitzhak Kahan Context triple: [Kahan Commission, namedAfter, Yitzhak Kahan]
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A.
Yitzhak Schiff
Yitzhak Schiff is an individual notable for bearing the surname Schiff, though specific widely recognized biographical details about him are not well documented.
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B.
Yitzhak Modai
Yitzhak Modai was an Israeli politician who held several key ministerial posts, including finance and energy, and was a prominent figure in the right-wing Likud party.
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C.
Pinhas Lavon
Pinhas Lavon was an Israeli politician and trade union leader who served as Israel’s Minister of Defense in the 1950s and was central to the “Lavon Affair” political scandal.
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D.
Yitzhak Yezernitsky
Yitzhak Yezernitsky, better known as Yitzhak Shamir, was an Israeli politician who served as Prime Minister of Israel in the 1980s and early 1990s.
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E.
Yitzhak-Meir Levin
Yitzhak-Meir Levin was a prominent Polish-born Israeli rabbi and Agudat Yisrael political leader who served as a signatory of Israel’s Declaration of Independence and later as a government minister.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Yitzhak Kahan Target entity description: Yitzhak Kahan was an Israeli jurist who served as President of the Supreme Court of Israel and chaired the commission that investigated the Sabra and Shatila massacre.
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A.
Yitzhak Schiff
Yitzhak Schiff is an individual notable for bearing the surname Schiff, though specific widely recognized biographical details about him are not well documented.
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B.
Yitzhak Modai
Yitzhak Modai was an Israeli politician who held several key ministerial posts, including finance and energy, and was a prominent figure in the right-wing Likud party.
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C.
Pinhas Lavon
Pinhas Lavon was an Israeli politician and trade union leader who served as Israel’s Minister of Defense in the 1950s and was central to the “Lavon Affair” political scandal.
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D.
Yitzhak Yezernitsky
Yitzhak Yezernitsky, better known as Yitzhak Shamir, was an Israeli politician who served as Prime Minister of Israel in the 1980s and early 1990s.
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E.
Yitzhak-Meir Levin
Yitzhak-Meir Levin was a prominent Polish-born Israeli rabbi and Agudat Yisrael political leader who served as a signatory of Israel’s Declaration of Independence and later as a government minister.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (33)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Chief Justice
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Israeli jurist ⓘ human ⓘ judge ⓘ |
| areaOfInfluence |
Israeli law
ⓘ
public inquiries in Israel ⓘ |
| commissionChaired |
Commission of Inquiry into the Events at the Refugee Camps in Beirut
NERFINISHED
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Kahan Commission NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Israel ⓘ |
| employer | Supreme Court of Israel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Kahan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
judiciary
ⓘ
law ⓘ |
| givenName | Yitzhak NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRole | chief justice of a supreme court ⓘ |
| investigatedEvent | Sabra and Shatila massacre NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Hebrew ⓘ |
| legalSystem | Israeli legal system ⓘ |
| memberOf | Supreme Court of Israel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Yitzhak Kahan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableEvent | leadership of the Kahan Commission ⓘ |
| notableFor |
chairing the commission that investigated the Sabra and Shatila massacre
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serving as President of the Supreme Court of Israel ⓘ |
| notableWork | Kahan Commission report NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
judge
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jurist ⓘ |
| partOf | Israeli judiciary NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Chairman of the Kahan Commission
NERFINISHED
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Justice of the Supreme Court of Israel NERFINISHED ⓘ President of the Supreme Court of Israel ⓘ |
| residence | Israel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Israel
NERFINISHED
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Jerusalem NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Yitzhak Kahan Description of subject: Yitzhak Kahan was an Israeli jurist who served as President of the Supreme Court of Israel and chaired the commission that investigated the Sabra and Shatila massacre.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Kahan Commission
subject surface form:
Kahan Commission