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To: Emile Vidrine who wrote (359606)	2/15/2003 9:49:36 AM
From: Emile Vidrine	Respond to of 769670

Zionist Jews drop their mask! Part II The Belgian decision means that Mr Sharon could be prosecuted when he steps down as prime minister, and other commanders could be prosecuted immediately if they are extradited to Belgium. A spokesman for the Belgian embassy in Tel Aviv said it would not comment on what was a "judicial matter". Belgium is Israel's biggest trade partner after the United States mainly as a result of the diamond trade. In 2000 it exported £854m of goods and services to Israel and imported £2.2bn. Meir Sheetrit, Israel's minister of justice, said Belgium was a "small and insignificant country", adding, "it is a disgrace for the legal system in that country. "It has the clear scent of a personal hunt for Prime Minister Sharon, which originated from a deliberate Palestinian initiative. "Legally, this is practically a world precedent, a law which allows for the prosecution of a person for alleged actions in the past. It has a clear retroactive nature to it and is, therefore, unprecedented." The Ashkenazi chief rabbi, Yisrael Meir Lau, said he was outraged that Belgium was taking on the role of world policeman. "It is regretful that a state which remained quiet at a time when it should have been screaming out in the name of humanity, is now expressing itself with such a pretentious and hypocritical voice," he said. Other countries, including Britain, have legislation to try foreign nationals for crimes that have been committed outside their territory. Israel has tried a foreign national for crimes committed in the past in another country. In 1960 Israeli agents abducted Adolf Eichmann, the Austrian chief of the Jewish office in the Gestapo and an important implementer of the Final Solution, from Argentina. The next year he was found guilty of crimes against the Jewish people and humanity and subsequently executed. Senior Israeli sources said the minister's reaction and the decision to recall the ambassador was an overreaction. A former director-general of the foreign ministry Alon Liel told Army Radio: "Recalling an ambassador is a very serious