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Mon 03 Mar 2009Israel may face Gaza war crimes trial
THE INTERNATIONAL criminal court is urgently considering whether the Palestinian Authority is “enough like a state” for it to bring a case alleging that Israeli troops committed war crimes in the recent assault on Gaza.
The deliberations would potentially open the way to putting Israeli military commanders in the dock at The Hague and set an important precedent for the court over what cases it can hear.
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