Hind Rajab Foundation announces new legal action against Israeli officials, institutions

The Hind Rajab Foundation (HRF) on Wednesday announced it has undertaken three new legal actions this month against Israeli officials and institutions.

The HRF filed a formal complaint against the European Investment Bank for allegedly channeling over €1 b to Israeli banks and companies blacklisted by the United Nations.

"For the first time, a European institution must account for its financing of apartheid," the HRF said.

The group then filed a criminal complaint in Germany against the chief of security of the 7 October 2023 Nova music festival, Elkana  Federman, who boasted of actively blocking aid trucks trying to get into Gaza.

"Federman is currently in Germany, and under universal jurisdiction, German authorities are legally obliged to act," the HRF said. 

Also in Germany, HRF lodged a war crimes complaint against former Israeli Prime Minister  Ehud  Olmert "for his command responsibility" in the 2008–2009 Operation  Cast  Lead in Gaza, which killed more than 1,300  Palestinians.