Looks like the Spanish government is finally reining in its ridiculous activist judges.
Spain’s National Court on Tuesday decided to shelve an investigation launched by one of its judges into a July 2002 air strike by the Israel Defense Forces on a Hamas target in the Gaza Strip, judicial sources said.
Leading Hamas militant Saleh Shehadeh was killed when the Israel Air Force dropped a one-ton bomb on his apartment building in Gaza. The explosion destroyed the building and killed 14 other people, most of them women and children. Spanish Judge Fernando Andreu had argued that it could constitute a crime against humanity.
The suspects named by Andreu included former defense minister Benjamin Ben-Eliezer and six current or former IDF officers or security officials. The case had created some diplomatic tension between Spain and Israel.
The court decision followed a preliminary approval by parliament of legislation limiting the right of Spanish judges to investigate alleged human rights violations abroad.
Funny how they never manage to get the flip side of the argument. I have yet to read a single article condemning Hamas terrorists for living, working, and creating bombs in the midst of thickly populated civilian areas. But then, that would demand critical thinking skills on the part of Israel’s critics, and there is no such thing for most of them.
At least now Israelis will be able to travel to Spain again without worrying about being arrested. Will the U.K. follow suit?