Legal Affairs
Summary of ruling more than 2,600 pages • Prosecutors relied mostly on cellphone data of the accused Hezbollah members.
Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) cited a report from the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs that shows “troubling parallels between the ICC’s investigation of the U.S. and that of Israel.”
The measure is part of the “ongoing effort to reconcile with those who have suffered under the totalitarian Nazi regime,” says the Austrian ambassador to Israel.
Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz lauds the ruling, says he plans to promote future moves that “block the transfer of funds to terrorists and terrorist organizations.”
Stutthof concentration-camp guard is Bruno Dey convicted on 5,232 counts of accessory to murder.
Along with her mother, she was ordered to pay a $1.5 million fine on top of millions of back taxes owed to the State of Israel.
Hearings will take place three times a week. Case 4,000, known as the “Bezeq-Walla affair,” will be heard first, followed by Case 2,000 and finally 1,000.
Five other defendants also pleaded guilty to charges against them related to the scheme.
The suspect is being tested to determine whether he is fit to stand trial.
One of them was 27 at the time of the attack; the other was 21.
After a 30-year legal battle, a Jerusalem court has ruled that the Sumarin family must vacate a property located in eastern Jerusalem and return it to its rightful owners. The family has been supported by some 30 left-wing organizations with many funded by the European Union.
Efforts are also underway to push for the extradition of Ahlam Tamimi, the mastermind behind 2001 Sbarro pizzeria bombing in Jerusalem that killed 15 people, including two Americans.
