The Knesset was asked to allow criminal prosecution of Israelis who seek war-crimes lawsuits abroad against members of Israel’s security forces. Under legislation presented Tuesday by the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee chairman, Yuval Steinitz, any citizen who tries to have a serving or retired Israeli soldier prosecuted in another country could be imprisoned for up to three years.
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