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April 29, 2004       Share:    

Source: http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/spages/421416.html

French Prosecutors Open Inquiry Over Terror Attacks in Israel

(Reuters/Ha'aretz) - French prosecutors opened an inquiry after relatives of Jewish victims of attacks in Israel, who are French, filed a complaint against Yasser Arafat, accusing him of genocide, crimes against humanity, murder, and criminal conspiracy, judicial sources said Wednesday. Under French law, heads of state enjoy immunity from prosecution as long as they are in power. But lawyers for the plaintiffs argued that Arafat was not legally head of state. The lawyers say that as Jews, they considered themselves victims of "a concerted plan aimed at the partial destruction of a racial or religious group, which constitutes a genocide."

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