Commission of Inquiry into the Methods of Investigation of the General Security Service Regarding Hostile Terrorist Activity

Abstract

1.1 On 31 May 1987, The Government of Israel resolved:“That the matter of the GSS methods of interrogation regarding Hostile Terrorist Activity (HTA) is – in the wake of Criminal Appeal 124/87 (Nafsu) – a subject of vital public importance at this time which requires elucidation.”Therefore the Government decided:“To establish a Commission of Inquiry, in accordance with Sec. 1 of the Commissions of Inquiry Law, 1968, regarding the investigation methods and procedures of the GSS on HTA, and the giving of testimony in court in connection with these investigations.“The Commission will make recommendations and proposals, as it sees fit, also regarding the appropriate methods and procedures concerning these investigations in the future, while taking into account the unique needs of the struggle against Hostile Terrorist Activity.”