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Israel set for blizzard of war crimes charges
2009-06-08
[Al Arabiya Latest] Israel was set to face an avalanche of war crimes lawsuits from Palestinian lawyers who accused Tel Aviv of dozens of crimes five months after its three week assault on the Gaza Strip, the German daily Der Spiegel reported Saturday.

A group of Palestinian lawyers filed 936 lawsuits against Israel's Defense Forces (IDF) and the cases will soon be heard in Spain's National Court under universal jurisdiction, Iyad al-Alami, head of the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR), said.

PCHR's attorneys are collecting evidence of human rights violations and war crimes committed against unarmed civilians.

Accusations ranged fromshooting children and women at close range to the illegal use of white phosphorus bombs on civilians as well as attacks on ambulances and razing civilians' houses.

Structural damage in Gaza was estimated at $ 1.6 billion.

Other than PCHR, there are dozens of attorneys from Britain, Norway, New Zealand, the Netherlands and Spain working on lawsuits against Israel andwhich will be filed under the principle of universal jurisdiction, which studies cases of war crimes, genocide, torture and crimes against humanity.
Posted by:Fred

#10  So far, Lebanon has charged at least 55 people for spying and has arrested almost 100 others on suspicion of espionage

Our courts do it, why not spain.(But I do favor the Grab and try the judge, idea, moron)
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2009-06-08 21:32  

#9  how about a punta
Posted by: funky skunk   2009-06-08 18:40  

#8  Is it illegal to refer to a Spanish judge as a "pinche puto"?
Posted by: mojo   2009-06-08 14:35  

#7  i sure don't remember Lybia paying any of the mmoney for blowing up the -pllane over Lockerbie Scotland
Posted by: funky skunk   2009-06-08 13:31  

#6  how does a spanish court decide against another country, tell the too f off israel
Posted by: funky skunk   2009-06-08 13:31  

#5  I guess the Spanish Inquisition isn't dead after all. Who knew?

Only this time its being imposed by the new religion of multiculturalism and political correctness.
Posted by: CrazyFool   2009-06-08 11:01  

#4  Spainish courts, the new antisemitism.
Posted by: DarthVader   2009-06-08 09:44  

#3  Hey Gazans, quit launching rockets at Israel and the counter attacks on your launchers will stop. And/or quit putting the launchers in schools and hospitals and the counter attacks won't hit your schools and hospitals (Israeli gun control - hitting what you aim at.)
Posted by: Glenmore   2009-06-08 09:07  

#2  the cases will soon be heard in Spain's National Court under universal jurisdiction

In a sane world that would be tantamount to a declaration of war.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2009-06-08 03:29  

#1  A-la-Eichmann - Israel should just grab that Spanish judge and bring him back to Israel for a Crimes Against Zionism trial... /heh
Posted by: 3dc   2009-06-08 00:37  

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