War crime suit filed against Israelis
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22-Jul-2008 (3 comments)

A Palestinian human rights group has brought war crime charges against former high ranking Israeli officials in a Spanish court.

The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) filed lawsuit in the National Criminal Court of Spain against the Israeli officials who authorized the al-Daraj bloodshed.

The list includes former Israel's war minister Benjamin Ben-Eliezer, his former military advisor Michael Herzog, former chief of staff Moshe Ya'alon, and former air force commander Dan Halutz, Ma'an News Agency reported on Tuesday.

The National Criminal Court of Spain has agreed to consider the case for further examination that may lead to a formal prosecution. Those charged would then be arrested upon entering the Spanish territory if the case is won by the Palestinians, the news agency added.

The Spanish court is not alone in hearing a case against the Israeli war criminals; the courts of Britain, Switzerland, the Netherlands, and New Zealand had all previously accepted cases against the Israeli military.

In an attempt to assassinate one of the Fatah leaders, Salah Shehadeh, an Israeli fighter jet dropped a one-ton bomb over the Gaza neighborhood of al-Daraj on July 22, 2002. The bombing left fifteen Palestinians dead, including eight children and three women; more than one hundred and fifty others were also wounded in the attack.

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it's a good idea (but)

by vessal-shirazi (not verified) on Wed Jul 23, 2008 03:05 PM PDT

Why don't they charge the people behind the plan for the tractor/bulldozer that stroked 3 weeks ago and again this past Tuesday that killed civilians? Isn’t that a crime against humanity to kill so many innocent people on a busy street and have a bulldozer coming straight at them?


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by programmer craig on Wed Jul 23, 2008 11:54 AM PDT

The case they actually HAVE filed should have beena  "Crimes Against Humanity" charge. You cannot charge people with war crimes unless they were directly involved in the commission of the crimes. If they were involved in an official and systematic effort to war crimes, it is a Crime Against Humanity.


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It's a good idea (but)

by programmer craig on Wed Jul 23, 2008 11:50 AM PDT

It's a good idea. But a misguided implementation. Why aren't they charging that Israeli soldier who shot the Palestinian prisoner in the leg yesterday with a war crime? As well as his commanding officer, who seems to have ordered it? They are both guilty of war crimes, and there is clear evidence against them. Why don't they try for a case they can actualy win?


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