The European Union’s law enforcement agency said it has been “in contact” with the anti-Israel lawfare outfit Hind Rajab Foundation (HRF), the NGO Monitor watchdog group revealed on Monday.

Europol used the term “stakeholder” to describe HRF, which is headed by a man who claims to have fought for Hezbollah in Lebanon, and which has lodged disputed war crimes charges against Israelis abroad.

The Europol statement came in reply to an NGO Monitor query sent to the agency last week regarding an HRF member’s comment last month that “recently… we have begun working closely with Europol to assist with war crimes investigations across the European Union.”

NGO Monitor President Gerald Steinberg warned that Europol’s contact with HRF erodes the agency’s status.

“Any reliance by Europol on accusa

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