An Israeli lawyer who specialises in huge civil suits against terror groups such as Hamas and Hizbollah has claimed British lawyers are "timid" when it comes to "lawfare".
Jerusalem-based Nitsana Darshan-Leitner's law firm, Shurat HaDin, was instrumental in stopping the second Gaza flotilla by threatening the boat insurers that they could be charged with "aiding terrorism".
Her firm has sued Hamas, Hizbollah and the Palestinian Authority on behalf of victims of terrorism, targeting their assets in America and Europe.
No cases are pending in the UK. But on a visit to London last week, she said: "That does not mean the country is clean. It means the lawyers here don't have so much courage. There is a large Arab population. The government and the Jewish community are timid."
