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Source: https://www.yahoo.com/news/chilean-court-rejects-demand-against-israeli-judges-204512857.html
Chilean Court Rejects War Crimes Suit Against Israeli Justices
(AP) Patricia Luna - A Chilean court rejected lawsuits filed by Chile's Palestinian Federation against three current or former Israeli Supreme Court justices for endorsing the seizure of land for the construction of the West Bank separation barrier. Israel says the barrier, built beginning in 2002, is needed to keep out Palestinian attackers. The group contended that Chile's international agreements allow for suits involving crimes against humanity committed in other countries. But in their ruling, the judges said they did not have the authority to intervene in another country's court decisions. An Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman earlier said the lawsuit had no legal basis. Chile's Palestinian community is among the world's largest, with about 350,000 immigrants and their descendants.