Mazuz, in Winograd testimony, backs IDF action in 2nd Lebanon War - Haaretz

Subscribe to Print Edition

Tue., December 18, 2007 Tevet 9, 5768

Israel Time: 22:19 (EST+7)

web haaretz.com

Back to Homepage

Rosner's Domain

Diplomacy

Defense

Jewish World

Opinion

National

Print Edition

Advertising

Books

Arts & Leisure

Business

Real Estate

Easy Start

Travel

Week's End

Anglo File

Hanukkah



		Attorney General Menachem Mazuz. (Archive)

del.icio.us

Digg It! new

Last update - 17:48 18/12/2007

Mazuz, in Winograd testimony, backs IDF action in 2nd Lebanon War

By Yuval Azoulay, Haaretz Correspondent

Tags: Menachem Mazuz

Attorney General Menachem Mazuz told the Winograd War Commission, charged with investigating the management during the Second Lebanon War, that he believes Israel Defense Forces operations during the war were justified.

"The more importance a structure has militarily, the more it can justify a larger attack, including on civilians," Mazuz said in his testimony to the war panel, on which a gag order was lifted on Tuesday.

Mazuz said that the Second Lebanon War was "the most legal war in the history of the State of Israel and maybe ever." He also insisted that during the war, the Military Prosecution oversaw all decisions in order to give legal opinions in real time, before targets were attacked.

	Advertisement

Regarding the meeting in which the government decided to go to war, Mazuz said he could not say that the ministers had a full sense of what such a decision would entail. However, he said he was witness during the war to a government effort to take decisions in an organized fashion and let professionals of varying ranks express differing positions.

Related articles:

PM: Ability to implement all home front improvements is limited

Court lets Winograd omit personal findings from final report

Mazuz backs Lebanon war panel's decision not to warn individuals

Bookmark to del.icio.us


	Organic memory
	Israeli research is among '50 most significant scientific breakthroughs in 2007.'


	Floating the PA
	International donors pledged $7.4 billion to help boost the PA economy .




1.	Maybe it was a most legal war, but Hiz kicked the crap out of us	22:10	\|	Yossi Cronenberg	18/12/07

Today Online


	IDF strikes kill at least 13 Islamic Jihad, Hamas militants
	Responses: 389


	Bradley Burston: Killing the Palestinian who wishes you dead
	Responses: 75


	Rosner's guest: The PA's goal is the destruction of Israel
	Responses: 94


	Yoel Marcus: Israel doesn't need a new Vietnam called Gaza
	Responses: 100


	Officials: Israel to allow construction in W. Bank settlements
	Responses: 156

Rosner's Domain

Rabin's long memory and the U.S. NIE report on Iran

The more Jews complain about Huckabee...(What to Read)

Guest: Leader of the Zionist Organization of America on post-Annapolis Mideast

Without the Reform movement in Israel, there's no Reform movement

More Headlines
21:21 Olmert: We will continue to seek out militant chiefs


21:16 White House confirms Bush will visit the Middle East in January


22:07 U.S., Britain to host investors to boost Palestinian economy


21:22 Falafel recipe painted on West Bank fence as part of protest


20:51 Doctor at Jewish NPO in Ethiopia nominated for CNN 'Hero' award


18:28 Islamic Jihad swears revenge as 13 killed in IDF raids in Gaza


19:55 Israel signs free-trade accord with South American bloc


12:33 Vice Premier suggests swapping land with PA to keep settlements


20:44 Knesset passes bill granting negative tax to low income workers


17:12 Education Min. to continue funding Hebrew-language classes for olim