Belgium allows lawsuit against Sharon

[kylie]

-- Belgium's supreme court ruled yesterday that a war crimes lawsuit against Ariel Sharon could proceed once he no longer enjoys immunity as prime minister of Israel
the full story is at http://www.arabnews.com/Article.asp?ID=22748

nice to finally see a country in the west do something about Isreals crimes, even if it is only on this small scale.
Also since that article was written the Isreali ambassador has been recalled in protest.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/latestnewsstory....ubsection=world (http://www.nzherald.co.nz/latestnewsstory.cfm?storyID=3100929&thesection=news&thesubsection=world) if you want to see that.

[Doshka]

thank you soo much for mentioning this...i saw it in the news this morning your right...and did you hear what israels response was?? haha they took their ambassador out like a pouting baby...the tragedy is that the real crimes will be commited when the world is looking to the war in iraq...then sharon will attack worse than ever...its when everyone in palestine is waiting for

[deimos]

Smart Belgians!!!!But i dobt that this resistance will stay long-Israel is a very important trade partner for belgium.(diamonds)