Landmark Lawsuits Filed in U.S. Courts Against Israeli Officials.
By: Erakat, Noura. Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, Mar2006, Vol. 25 Issue 2, p21-36
The article presents a report on two recently filed lawsuits in the U.S. courts against Israeli officers. The Center for Constitutional Rights and the Palestinian Center for Human Rights in Gaza has served Avi Dichter, the former head of Israel's General Security Services, with papers to appear in court. The complaint alleges that he provided the intelligence and the final approval, to drop a one-ton bomb on the residential area of Al-Daraj in Gaza which killed 15 people. Moshe Ya'alon, former head of Israel's Intelligence Branch and former chief of staff of the Israel Defense Forces was charged with war crimes, extrajudicial killing, crimes against humanity, and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment. Reading Level (Lexile): 1380