Katz forbids IDF’s top lawyer from attending bar association conference

Defense Minister Israel Katz says he is forbidding the IDF’s top lawyer from participating in an upcoming annual conference hosted by the Israel Bar Association.

Katz says it would be better if the Military Advocate General, Maj. Gen. Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi, “dedicates her time to fulfilling her role in the IDF, including completing investigations into issues for which the public expects answers, and providing assistance to IDF commanders and soldiers in refuting domestic and foreign fabrications regarding the conduct of IDF soldiers in the war in Gaza.”

“There is no place for IDF officers to appear these days on stages with polemical and political content. In this challenging and complex period of political debates and disputes, it is appropriate for the IDF to distance itself as much as possible from public controversies,” he adds.