ABSTRACT
In the state of Israel, Sulha is practiced throughout the country's Arab community, though specific details and rituals differ between regions. For example, in the centre and south of Israel, the Sulha process follows more judicial rules: the intervener gets paid, leads the process and tells disputants what will happen, whereas in northern Israel the process follows a more traditional path where as the interveners do not get paid and disputants have a major say in the process. One of the most prominent areas of interaction between the Sulha and Israel's legal system is in the country's judiciary system. A demonstration of the complex relations between formal courts and the Sulha can be seen in a sentencing decision by the Supreme Court Justice Elyakim Rubinstein in its appellate capacity as a Supreme Court of Appeals, which displays a positive disposition towards Sulha and its role.
