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Report: Belgian court petitioned to arrest Livni upon arrival in Brussels
By Barak Ravid and Yoav Stern, Haaretz Correspondents
Tags: gaza, israel news 

European attorneys have reportedly petitioned a Belgian court to arrest Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni upon her arrival in Brussels later Wednesday, according to the Jawalan.com Web Site.

The complaints was apparently lodged on behalf of Belgian and French nationals with relatives who were either wounded or killed in Gaza, and calls for Livni to be arrested for war crimes.

The Foreign Ministry is looking into the report and the Israeli embassy in Brussels has not yet been involved in the matter, sources said.
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Belgian law does not actually allow the arrest of a foreign official with high standing, but the matter could bring embarrassment to Israel and may represent the first in a string of lawsuits now being prepared by pro-Palestinian elements around the world.

Israeli human rights activists: Arrest Olmert, Livni, and Barak for war crimes

Meanwhile, anonymous self-described Israeli human rights activists have set up an Internet site detailing alleged war crimes committed by senior government officials and Israel Defense Forces officers.

No known human rights organization is behind the site, whose founders refuse to give their names.

The site, www.wanted.org.il, includes "arrest orders," complete with pictures and personal details, for Defense Minister Ehud Barak, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert,Livni, Deputy Defense Minister Matan Vilnai, Public Security Minister Avi Dichter, National Infrastructure Minister Benjamin Ben-Eliezer, IDF Chief of Staff Gabi Ashkenazi and his two predecessors, Dan Halutz and Moshe Ya'alon, former air force commander Eliezer Shkedy and others.

It also explains how to inform the International Criminal Court in The Hague of when the "suspects" are outside Israel, and hence vulnerable to arrest.

The "arrest order" for Barak, for instance, states: "On December 27, 2008, the suspect ordered an aerial assault on all of Gaza's population centers.

The assault included hundreds of sorties by fighter jets that dropped hundreds of tons of bombs on residential areas of Gaza, which led to the deaths of 1,200 people - men, women and children.

Some 5,300 people were wounded and hundreds of thousands became refugees. On December 10, 2008, a formal complaint was filed against Ehud Barak to the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Holland ... on suspicion of war crimes and crimes against humanity because of the siege of Gaza."
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  1.   no objectivity 15:54  |  judith 21/01/09
  2.   why hasn`t Israel done the same all these years 16:49  |  bernard ross 21/01/09
  3.   "anonymous" web sites 17:05  |  Arie 21/01/09
  4.   israel is accountable 17:05  |  bashar 21/01/09
  5.   The Extreme Islamic Challenge in full steam. 17:06  |  Stephen. 21/01/09
  6.   Thugs and Justice 17:07  |  Myles 21/01/09
  7.   numbers game 17:12  |  Arie 21/01/09
  8.   Belgium 17:13  |  Lucy 21/01/09
  9.   Misuse of the term 17:13  |  JanStrausz 21/01/09
  10.   To Nr 1: also war crimes are polliticali motivated 17:15  |  christof litz 21/01/09
  11.   Belgian court petitioned 17:28  |  Robert 21/01/09
  12.   Arrest them 17:35  |  OM 21/01/09
  13.   Games the Left Play 17:39  |  Ron 21/01/09
  14.   Livni, Olmert, Barak Ashkenazi, Air Farce war criminals 17:46  |  Moshe Ben-David 21/01/09
  15.   Site is rediculous and illegal. Hack it! 17:55  |  Barny 21/01/09
  16.   Belgian liars. Said would cancel this law years ago 17:55  |  Liliane 21/01/09
  17.   The law 18:00  |  Blima T.A. 21/01/09
  18.   Can`t be true 18:03  |  Anthony 21/01/09
  19.   It`s A Meritless Harassment Charge 18:06  |  Jeff Northridge 21/01/09
  20.   Ashamed of being Belgian 18:08  |  StephaneB 21/01/09
  21.   To #9 Misuse of term 18:10  |  Blima T.A. 21/01/09
  22.   Self Defence: The New War Crime? The Other Side 18:20  |  Brad 21/01/09
  23.   PLEASE TAKE HER OFF OUR HANDS THEN ISRAEL WILL BE A SAFER PLACE 18:21  |  zionist forever 21/01/09
  24.   yesssssssssssssss 18:22  |  Han Dalutz 21/01/09
  25.   International Criminal Court 18:28  |  Elizabeth 21/01/09
  26.   Belgian judicial system 18:41  |  Eli 21/01/09
  27.   The founder of wanted.org.il 18:46  |  ces 21/01/09
  28.   Are the Belgian people Going to Arrest Themselves 18:48  |  Gil 21/01/09
  29.   No one is above the law 19:00  |  Ali 21/01/09
  30.   My Question is, When Israel Wins in Court 19:17  |  Gil 21/01/09
  31.   Enough oil money buys alot of lawyers 19:32  |  American Attorney 21/01/09
  32.   Don`t worry about this 19:35  |  Ilan 21/01/09
  33.   Maybe It Will Be Safe For Livni To Visit Paraguay? 19:50  |  World Citizen 21/01/09
  34.   Self defence no carte de blanche to kill hundreds of civilians 19:59  |  The Hague 21/01/09
  35.   To the Belgian 20:01  |  Ridha 21/01/09
  36.   Only losers get tried for war crimes 20:02  |  Mark Lincoln 21/01/09
  37.   Belgian "genocide law" 20:14  |  Cedric VD 21/01/09
  38.   Belgian Hypocrisy 20:35  |  shai 21/01/09
  39.   Sanctimonious Swedes - Shame on you!! 20:40  |  dubi 21/01/09
  40.   #34.Though you call herself "The Hague", your message is wrong. 20:46  |  Vittorio 21/01/09
  41.   Belgium Hypocrites!! 20:55  |  dubi 21/01/09
  42.   Dubi 22:42  |  Charles 21/01/09
  43.   Charles (#42) King Leopold II was king of Belgium 23:22  |  Gil 21/01/09
  44.   WAKE UP 23:25  |  CHRIS 21/01/09
  45.   human rights 23:30  |  Abuya 21/01/09
  46.   The Hague world dictatorship 23:31  |  Philippe 21/01/09
  47.   To all the anti Israeli posters here 23:35  |  Deba 21/01/09
  48.   Did you protest the Nahar el Bared? 23:37  |  Abu Yusuf 21/01/09
  49.   #47 Deba 23:54  |  Chris Linthwaite 21/01/09
  50.   To begin with they have the postal code wrong... 23:56  |  Tom Lobo Meyer 21/01/09
  51.   Good 02:11  |  American 22/01/09
  52.   Belgian court petitioned to arrest Livni upon arrival in Brussels 02:28  |  Joan 22/01/09
  53.   Belgium, after Austria, is the most antisemitic European country. 09:14  |  S 22/01/09
  54.   JOAN (#52) REALLY 09:33  |  Gil 22/01/09
  55.   #54 12:51  |  Joan 22/01/09
  56.   When will somebody arrest the Hamas leaders? 13:33  |  LMH 22/01/09
  57.   Proud to be belgian 14:28  |  Bart 22/01/09
  58.   Too bad she wasn`t arrested 18:55  |  John 23/01/09
  59.   omar 20:50  |  Moroccan 29/01/09
  60.   Belgian Court 17:26  |  Renny 25/04/09
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