THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — An Israeli army reservist’s dream vacation in Brazil ended abruptly last month over an accusation that he committed war crimes in the Gaza Strip.
Yuval Vagdani woke up on Jan. 4 to a flurry of missed calls from family members and Israel’s Foreign Ministry with an urgent warning: A pro-Palestinian legal group had convinced a federal judge in Brazil to open a war crimes investigation for his alleged participation in the demolition of civilian homes in Gaza.
A frightened Vagdani fled the country on a commercial flight the next day to avoid the grip of a powerful legal concept called “universal jurisdiction,” which allows governments to prosecute people for the most serious crimes regardless of where they are allegedly committed.
Good.
Make the bastards scared to leave Israel. They deserve so much worse than being confined to their own country.
I guess a lot of Israelis are going to have to be very careful about where they plan on vacationing from now on.
Good. Criminals should be prosecuted.
And this is why George W Bush’s administration decided the ICC should have no jurisdiction over the USA during the Invasion of Iraq in 2003. They expected service people to face charges.
