Spain
Okays War Crimes Probe Against Israelis Over Gaza
Massacres
International News Updates
5 May 2009
Spanish
National Court judge Fernando Andreu announced Monday
that he will pursue his investigation into a 2002
Israeli bombing in the Gaza Strip, despite contrary
advice by prosecutors at the court.
Andreu said the 2002 bombing in densely populated Gaza
City might constitute a crime against humanity. That
attack, using a one-ton bomb dropped from an Israeli
F-16, targeted and killed alleged Hamas resistance
member Salah Shehadeh along with 14 other people.
The suspects named by Andreu include former Israeli
Defense Minister Benjamin Ben-Eliezer, former Israeli
Defense Forces Chief of Staff Dan Halutz and five
current or former Israeli occupation army officers or
security officials.
On Monday, the Spanish judge wrote that Israel's
military conducted an internal investigation but
Israeli military and civilian prosecutors declined to
open proceedings of their own. He said for this reason
Spain has jurisdiction to keep investigating.
"In Israel there has not been, nor is there now under
way, any legal proceedings aimed at investigating the
Gaza bombing," the judge wrote.
The National Court has become known for its inquiries
into alleged human rights abuses in other countries,
ranging from Chile and Argentina to Tibet and Western
Sahara.
Andreu's initial decision to investigate infuriated
the Israeli government. Spanish Foreign Minister
Miguel Angel Moratinos said in response that Spain
planned to modify its law to narrow the scope of
universal jurisdiction cases to those with a clear
link to Spain.
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