Israel’s post-Gaza war meeting with UN body: Hit, miss or just showing commitment?

The Monday meeting in Geneva between an Israeli delegation and the UN Human Rights Committee is a routine encounter that entails lots of discussion and little fanfare.

 

Yet the Israeli delegation at Monday’s meeting included the Justice Ministry’s director-general, Emi Palmor, for the first time, as well as Deputy Attorney-General Roy Schondorf and IDF International Law Department head Col. Noam Neuman – all high-ranking officials.

 

At the end, Palmor told reporters that it was an achievement that the delegation had not been extensively quizzed about the recent Gaza operation, and the ministry distributed a statement that it expected to field war-related questions.

 

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