Knesset lawfare subcommittee holds first meeting

Source: Jerusalem Post

Livni said at the meeting’s opening that the committee will deal with legal defensive measures for IDF soldiers and will discuss how the government can go on the legal offensive, as well.

A motion to wave the Palestinian flag at the UN is part of a campaign to delegitimize Israel, MK Tzipi Livni (Zionist Union) said at Thursday’s inaugural meeting of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Subcommittee on Lawfare, which she leads.

Livni said at the meeting’s opening that the committee will deal with legal defensive measures for IDF soldiers and will discuss how the government can go on the legal offensive, as well.

“This committee will deal with lawfare not only to see how we can defend ourselves, but also to try to change international trends against Israel in a legal context and how to deal with moves the Palestinians are trying to make over Israel’s head,” the former justice minister explained.

Livni pointed out that some of the Palestinians’ moves could have a serious effect, like appeals to the International Criminal Court in the Hague, and some are more symbolic, like a motion to have the flags of non-member observers, like the Palestinians and the Holy See, waved at the UN.

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