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Trial of Israeli “war criminals” sought in Spain

                   
alarabiya.net
Jul 22, 2008
        
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The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) has filed a lawsuit in the National Court of Spain, seeking arrest warrants for high-ranking Israeli security officials for alleged war crimes, an independent Palestinian news agency reported on Tuesday. The PCHR filed the suit on behalf of six Palestinians who survived a 2002 bombing of a building in the Daraj neighborhood of Gaza City in which 15 civilians were killed. In July 22, 2002, an Israeli bomber dropped a one-ton bomb on the residential Darraj area, aiming to assassinate top Fatah militant in Gaza Salah Shehade, killing him and the 15 civilians. The international community condemned the “use of excessive force” by Israel. Shehada was a commander of the El-Qassam Brigades in Gaza, the armed wing of Fatah. The PCHR filed the suit against those involved in the sanctioning... [read full story]                    

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War Crime Suit Filed Against Israelis

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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...

                   

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israelmatzav.blogspot.com
Jul 23, 2008
        

Spain has issued arrest warrants for current infrastructure minister and former defense minister Binyamin (Fouad) Ben Eliezer (pictured), former IDF chiefs of staff Moshe ("Boogie") Yaalon and Dan Halutz and several other high...

                   

Spain Seeks to Arrest Israeli Minister and IDF Officers

israelnationalnews.com
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The National Court in Spain has accepted a Palestinian Authority courtsuit that was filed less than a month ago, and orders the arrest of Binyamin Ben-Eliezer. The explanation: He oversaw the killing of arch-Palestinian...