Professor Economides had twice been elected as member of the InternationalLawCommission, a subsidiary organ of the General Assembly of the United Nations, representing Greece between 1997 and 2001, and again between 2003 and 2006.
On Friday, an administrative law judge at the International Trade Commission ruled that Microsoft did not violate a patent owned by Google subsidiary Motorola Mobility when it made the Xbox.
Mr Netanyahu has suggested that an inquiry commission comprising Israeli experts in internationallaw could be joined by American and European observers.