| 30.01.2009 | 11:00 UTC
Spanish court investigates Israeli officials for war crimes
A former Israeli general is rejecting as “propaganda” a decision by a Spanish court to investigate him and other Israeli officials for war crimes. Former military chief of staff Moshe Yaalon says the goal of the Spanish court is to delegitimize Israel. A Spanish judge began an investigation Thursday into seven current or former Israeli officials over a 2002 bombing in Gaza that killed a leading Hamas member and 14 other people, including nine children. The judge is acting under a doctrine that allows prosecution in Spain of crimes against humanity, terrorist acts or genocide, even if they are alleged to have been committed in another country.
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