It is a first in Europe. Two Israelis were heard, as part of a complaint filed by NGOs, by the Belgian police for possible war crimes Clerk in Gaza, the Belgian federal prosecutor’s office announced on Monday July 21. Their identity was not specified.
The federal prosecutor’s office indicated to examine two complaints “relating to serious violations of international law committed in the Gaza Strip“, targeting two alleged Israeli soldiers. Complaints come from the Belgian Pro-Palestinian organization HRF (Hind Rajab Foundation), in association with the Global Action Legal Network (GLAN), an international network of specialized lawyers also in human rights violations.
The two men were arrested in the Tomorrowland festival, in Boom, south of Antwerp. They both posted selfies on social networks. A video, later posted anonymously, became viral: we see a group of men dance during one of the concerts by brandishing a purple and white flag. According to the two associations, it is to the one from “Givati brigade”, an Israeli army unit on the front line in the war in Gaza.
They came out free, but the investigation continues
The associations, who identified the soldiers, filed a complaint with the Belgian federal prosecutor’s office. According to them, the two men were directly involved in “Blind attacks on civil zones, homes and hospitals”. According to HRF, they would also have had Use of “torture and human shields”. They would also have surrendered managers “arbitrary arbitrary arbitrament” and would have played a role in the “forced displacement of civilians”. The NGO thus accuses the two men of being “directly involved in some of the most odious crimes committed during the Israeli military campaign”.
Bleed out, the two soldiers have the right to leave Belgian territory, but the investigation is still underway. The justice of the kingdom now seeks to ensure that Belgium can actually Continue foreign citizens for crimes that have not been committed on its soil. In this case, Belgian justice could assert the universal jurisdiction of its courts on these questions of violations of international law (crimes against humanity, war crimes, genocide).
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