Israel plans to boycott all future proceedings of a lawsuit filed in Belgium against a senior government official for alleged war crimes. A Belgian court is set to rule next month in a lawsuit filed against Gen. Amos Yaron for alleged war crimes in a 1982 massacre by Lebanese militiamen of Palestinians in the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps during the Lebanon War.
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