As Judge Fernando Andreu of Spain's National Court decided on Monday to push on with the inquiry into a 2002 IAF bombing in Gaza that killed Hamas terrorist Salah Shehadeh and 14 others, Almagor, the Terror Victims Association, was finalizing a lawsuit against NATO personnel who approved bombings in Yugoslavia in the 1990s that killed some 2,500 civilians.
Last month, Spanish prosecutors urged Andreu to suspend the inquiry on the grounds that Israel was still investigating the attack. However, Andreu said he was acting under Spain's observance of the principle of universal jurisdiction, which holds that for grave crimes such as genocide, terrorism or torture, suspects can be prosecuted in the country even if the alleged offenses were committed elsewhere.
"We were preparing the case anyway, building on the success of the lawsuit against [former PLO leader Yasser] Arafat," he said, referring to a 2001 counter-suit in Belgium that the group brought after the Palestinians sued former prime minister Ariel Sharon.Indor admitted that the Yugoslavian case was meant to "embarrass or open a Pandora's box" that would make third parties think twice before accepting lawsuits filed against Israel by the Palestinians.
Don't ever try to fuck with Jewish lawyers. Stupid Spanish law anyway.
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