White House officials meet with Israeli NGO Breaking the Silence:
June 5, 2015
Palestinian men run away as Israeli forces bomb an area of Gaza on Saturday afternoon (AFP)
NGO reportedly presents its report that suggests that the Israeli army may have violated international law during last year's war in Gaza
Members of an Israeli NGO that has come under fire from a government minister this week for "working against Israel from within" met with senior White House officials, according to an exclusive report in Haaretz.
Breaking the Silence, a group of serving and former Israeli soldiers, released a report last month including testimonies of more than 60 soldiers which provided evidence that the Israeli army may have violated international law during last summer's war in Gaza.
During this week's meeting held in Washington, the group reportedly presented the report's findings to Obama administration officials who "reacted with a great deal of interest," one of the organisers told Haaretz.
A representative from the group also met with senior officials in the State Department's human rights bureau, Haaretz reported.
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