Spain ‘issues arrest warrant’ for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over 2010 Gaza flotilla attack | Europe | News

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  • Spain ‘issues arrest warrant’ for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over 2010 Gaza flotilla attack | Europe | News | The Independent
    http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/spain-issues-arrest-warrant-for-israeli-prime-minister-benjamin-netan

    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and seven other former and current government officials are at risk of arrest if they set foot in Spain, after a Spanish judge effectively issued an arrest warrant for the group, it has been reported.

    According to the Latin American Herald Tribune, Spanish national court judge Jose de la Mata ordered the police and civil guard to notify him if Mr Netanyahu and the six other individuals enter the country, as their actions could see a case against them regarding the Freedom Flotilla attack of 2010 reopened.

    • Dans le dernier pays où l’on avait tenté quelque chose dans ce genre, en Belgique en 2002, contre Ariel Sharon au sujet de Sabra et Chatila, la procédure avait fini par être abandonnée et le principal témoin de l’accusation, Elie Hobeika, opportunément assassiné dans un attentat à la voiture piégée avant d’avoir pu témoigner. Espérons que cette fois-ci ce soit différent...