From the Liveblog of
Wednesday, August 6, 2014
Don’t cooperate with fact-finding mission — Liberman
Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman urges lawmakers not to cooperate with any international fact-finding mission on Israel’s campaign in the Gaza Strip.
After holding consultations with senior Foreign Ministry officials, as well as the ministry’s director-general, Liberman says a decision was made to not cooperate with any committee probing the IDF’s conduct during the 29-day Operation Protective Edge, should such a committee be set up by the international community.
The ministry’s assessment is that any international fact-finding mission would implicate Israel in any case, despite the fact that both the military and the defense establishment received legal counsel on international law during the course of the war in order to avoid violating laws and treaties to which Israel is bound, according to Attorney-General Yehuda Weinstein.
The Times of Israel Community.