Relatives of victims of Palestinian terrorism throughout the past two decades are filing suit this morning against Yasser Arafat for his crimes against humanity. Belgian law permits international figures to be charged with such crimes in their courts. The delegation of eight family members, representing over 30 relatives in Israel and elsewhere, is sponsored by Israel\'s Terror Victims Association. Atty. Yaakov Rubin is filing the suit at the Palais de Justice, where a similar suit against Prime Minister Sharon is underway pertaining to the Sabra and Shatila massacres in 1982 by Christian Phalangists.
Of important note is the fact that at least one Belgian victim of PLO terrorism has also joined the suit: Oscar Gudlovitch, who was badly wounded in a PLO attack on a Brussels synagogue in 1982. Atty. Rubin emphasized that it will now not be able to be claimed - as Sharon plans to claim in his own defense - that the suit is not connected to Belgian citizens. Included in the delegation are Irina Rodin, whose daughter Simona was murdered in the Dolphinarium massacre; Chana Maoz, whose daughter Tehilla was killed in the Sbarro pizzeria attack; Aryeh Boznach, father of one of the children murdered in the Maalot school massacre in 1974; and Frieda Sviri, who lost her son Doron and her daughter and son-in-law Sharon and Yaniv Bar-Shalom in a terrorist attack on the Modiin road three months ago.
Of important note is the fact that at least one Belgian victim of PLO terrorism has also joined the suit: Oscar Gudlovitch, who was badly wounded in a PLO attack on a Brussels synagogue in 1982. Atty. Rubin emphasized that it will now not be able to be claimed - as Sharon plans to claim in his own defense - that the suit is not connected to Belgian citizens. Included in the delegation are Irina Rodin, whose daughter Simona was murdered in the Dolphinarium massacre; Chana Maoz, whose daughter Tehilla was killed in the Sbarro pizzeria attack; Aryeh Boznach, father of one of the children murdered in the Maalot school massacre in 1974; and Frieda Sviri, who lost her son Doron and her daughter and son-in-law Sharon and Yaniv Bar-Shalom in a terrorist attack on the Modiin road three months ago.