Legal proceedings against a senior Israeli official for alleged crimes against humanity can continue, a Belgian court ruled. Tuesday’s court decision concerned a lawsuit filed under Belgium’s universal jurisdiction law by Palestinian survivors of the 1982 Sabra and Shatila massacre, carried out by Lebanese Christian militias.
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