The EU-funded Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) continues its campaign to prosecute IDF officials for war crimes in foreign national courts. PCHR joined with international and local lawyers to seek the arrest of Former Chief of Staff Moshe Ya’alon while on a trip to New Zealand in November. The Attorney General overturned the decision of the District Court judge before the arrest could be made, citing "unreliable materials" submitted by the PCHR team.

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