The Biden administration demands that Israel urgently provide it with answers about a series of cases in which, according to him, IDF units operating in Judea and Samaria acted in violation of the "Lehi Law". The meaning of the warning is that if the answers are not satisfactory, IDF forces serving in the will be able to receive American security assistance. The "Leahy Act" states that the US will provide security assistance only to military units that meet American standards for maintaining human rights.
If there is a deviation from the norm, the law prohibits supplying weapons to the units that violated it.
According to the information received by Israel Hayom, the warning regarding the IDF was delivered over a month ago to Israel and is known to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jerusalem. In order to deal with the allegations, the International Law Department of the Military Prosecutor's Office and other legal entities are in contact with the Americans and are supposed to answer their questions regarding the incidents The period of time left to do this is less than two months. However, the professionals estimate that, "there is a great potential for the entanglement of the IDF units in the IOSH," the document states.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirms that: "The Ministry has been cooperating over the years with requests from the American government in the context of the Leahy Law."
However, a political official said that no concrete warning is known." A spokesman for the US Embassy in Israel said in response that, "The 'Leahy test' is an effective tool in foreign policy, which promotes respect for human rights by US security partners, as well as the responsibility of Security units involved in gross violations of human rights.
The requirements of the law apply to all countries that receive relevant assistance, including Israel, and the State Department provides assistance in accordance with the requirements according to the law.
Every unit of the Israeli security forces that is nominated to receive relevant American assistance is subject to the 'Leigh test', in the usual process.
In accordance with the law, the US State Department also has a process for evaluating any report on Israeli security forces that may have committed serious violations of human rights."
It should be noted that this is not the first time that the "Lehi Laws" tests are mentioned in the context of Israel.
Senator Leahy, who initiated the law many years ago, himself tried at the end of the Obama era to use it to stop security aid to certain units of the IDF. Two weeks ago it was published in the British Guardian that the State Department is conducting an in-depth and extensive investigation according to the "Leahy Law" tests regarding the activities of the IDF As you may remember, since the beginning of the war the army has been operating strongly in these areas as well, killing over 500 terrorists and arresting thousands of suspects in terrorist activities.
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