Attorney General Menachem Mazuz told the High Court of Justice on Sunday that the petitions filed by the Israel Defense Forces and former MK Avraham Poraz against the Winograd Committee should be rejected on the basis that they are premature.

The petitions deal with the scope of the right to respond that must be guaranteed for those adversely affected by the committee's final report on the Second Lebanon War.

In a statement presented to the High Court by the State Prosecution, Mazuz said the petitions are premature because the committee itself has said that it has yet to determine who could be adversely affected by its conclusions, and to what extent.