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Israel Recalls Envoy Following Belgian Court Ruling on Sharon


(Ha'aretz) Sharon Sadeh, Aluf Benn, and Amnon Barzilai - Foreign Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Wednesday recalled Israel's ambassador to Belgium, Yehudi Kinar, after the Belgian Supreme Court ruled that Defense Ministry director-general Amos Yaron could be prosecuted for his involvement in the Sabra and Shatila massacres in 1982 in Beirut, when he was commander of the IDF forces in the Lebanese capital at the time. The court also ruled that Prime Minister Ariel Sharon can be put on trial for his alleged involvement in the affair, but only after he ceases to be prime minister, when he no longer has diplomatic immunity. Netanyahu said the Belgian court had made "a scandalous decision, which legitimizes terror and harms those who fight it. This turns the tables - when those who fight terror turn into the accused and the terrorists are victorious."
2003-02-13 00:00:00
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