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Photo courtesy of the IDF Spokesperson
Ehud Barak
In June 2007, the suspect imposed a siege on 1.5 million
residents of Gaza. The siege, which is ongoing in 2009, is collective
punishment according to International Law. The year and a half long siege
caused severe food and fuel shortages, intermittent drinking water and
electricity supply, disruption to sewage treatment plants and shortages of
medicine and essential medical equipment, affecting the lives of 1.5 million
people - a violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention and Rome Statute.
On 27 December 2008, the suspect ordered the aerial
bombardment of Gazan population centers. The attacks involved hundreds
of fighter jet sorties, dropping hundreds of tons of bombs on Gazan
neighborhoods. At least 1,300 people - men, women and children were
killed and 5,300 were injured. Schools, hospitals and UN facilities
were targeted, medical crews shot at and prevented from evacuating the
wounded.
On 10 December 2008, a formal complaint was submitted by
Lebanese lawyers to the International Criminal Court in the Hague,
Netherlands, against Ehud Barak and four other Israelis: Ehud Olmert, Matan
Vilnai, Avi Dichter and Gabi Ashkenazi on the suspicion that they had
committed war crimes and crimes against humanity by ordering and maintaining
a siege on Gaza.
Description of the suspect: a white man, about 65 years old,
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Photo courtesy
of the New Histadrut
Amir Peretz
On 12 July
2006, the suspect ordered the aerial
bombardment of villages and cities in Lebanon, targeting essential
infrastructure, such as water, food, fuel and electricity supplies. The
bombing also damaged hospitals, clinics and schools - all places
expressly prohibited from attack under international law. As a result
of the bombing, ground assault and artillery fire, more than 1,200
people were killed including hundreds of children and elderly people.
On 8th November
2006, the suspect ordered the shelling of
Beit Hanoun, a neighborhood in Gaza, in response to rockets fired toward
Israel. For 15 minutes, residential neighborhoods were shelled, resulting in
the deaths of 19 people, including 9 children. At least 40 people were injured.
Firing shells deliberately and indiscriminately into civilian areas
constitutes a war crime.
In August
2006, an official complaint was filed to the High
Court in Morocco on the suspicion Peretz had committed war crimes and crimes
against humanity. The suspect holds Moroccan citizenship. The complaint was
filed by 3 Moroccan Jews, all renowned for their human rights work.
Description
of the suspect: an olive-skinned man, about 60
years old, black hair, brown eyes, with a moustache.
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Photo courtesy
of the IDF Spokesperson
Binyamin Ben Eliezer
At the end of the ’67
war, the suspect was the head of the
Sayeret Shaked IDF Unit. According to testimonies by Israeli and Egyptian
soldiers, the suspect ordered the killing of 250 Egyptian or Palestinian
fighters (exact nationality unclear) shortly after the war ended. Evidence
indicates that the killings were carried out using helicopters flying low
above the Sinai desert, hunting the retreating soldiers, some of whom were
unarmed.
Further eye-witness testimonies
state that the suspect
personally executed prisoners of war who did not obey instructions. The
killing of soldiers after hostilities have ended, and the execution of
prisoners of war are all expressly prohibited under international law and
are classed as war crimes.
Between March 2001 and November
2002 the suspect,
acting as Minister of Defense, led a policy of extra judicial killings,
collective punishment and the shelling of residential areas in the West
Bank and Gaza. All of these actions are prohibited under international
law and constitute war crimes and crime against humanity, and since
July 2002 are prosecutable in the International Criminal Court, The
Hague, Netherlands.
In March 2007 the suspect, whilst
still a government minister, canceled a trip to Egypt due to fear of arrest for his activities
in the ’67 war.
Description of the suspect:
an olive-skinned man, about 70,
black hair, larger than average build.
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Photo courtesy
of the Government Information
Office
Avi Dichter
From July 1, 2002, on the day
the International Criminal
Court was established, until May 2005, the suspect was head of the Shabak,
the Israeli intelligence service (GSS). As head of the Shabak, the suspect
ordered the tortures of detained Palestinians - an activity explicitly prohibited
under the Geneva Conventions, the Rome Statute and the International
Convention against Torture. Torture is a crime against humanity.
In July 2002, the suspect was
part of a group, which ordered
the assassination of Salah Shehadeh, the commander of the Hamas military
wing. The assassination was carried out by dropping a one-ton bomb on
Shehadeh's house, causing the deaths of 15 people, including 9 children, and
injuring dozens more. Extra-judicial executions are war crimes under
international law. The bombing of residential neighborhoods is collective
punishment.
On 10 December 2008, a complaint
was submitted to the
International Criminal Court, The Hague, Netherlands, against the
suspect and 4 other people – on the suspicion he had committed war
crimes for ordering the siege of Gaza. The suspect was acting as
Minister for Public Security at the time. Prior to this, in July 2008,
a complaint was filed in the High Court of Spain on the suspicion he
had committed a war crime for ordering the execution of Salah Shehadeh.
The Spanish court has issued a warrant for the suspect’s arrest.
Description of the suspect:
a white man about 55 years old,
taller than average height, white hair. The suspect speaks Hebrew, English and
Arabic.
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Photo courtesy
of the Danish Embassy
Carmi Gilon
From 1995-1996, the suspect
was head of the Israeli Internal
Security services, also known as the Shabak (GSS). In this capacity, he
ordered the torture of Palestinian detainees – an activity prohibited under
international law and classed as a crime against humanity.
Torture usually included: tying
a person in painful
positions continuously for hours, sometimes days; tying a noxious smelling
hood over the person’s head, "shaking" the person; depriving the person of
sleep and food; exposing him or her to freezing or high temperatures,
chaining him or her to a small chair in a way designed to induce pain,
playing loud music for hours, and isolating the person from the outside
world, sometimes for months.
According to interviews the
suspect gave to various media
after the end of his service, the suspect was personally involved in about
100 cases of torture of Palestinian prisoners, some of whom were released
without any trial. In those interviews, the suspect said he supported torture
and even called on the Israeli government and Supreme Court to continue the
policy of torture. This is forbidden.
Several human rights organizations
in Israel and abroad,
including Amnesty International, hold testimonies given by hundreds of
Palestinians who were severely torture (out of thousand who were tortured
but have not given testimonies). The tortures were carried out during the
time that the suspect was head of the Shabak.
In August 2001, a complaint
about the suspect’s involvement
in torture was made in Denmark by a group of lawyers for human rights and a
group of Palestinians who had received asylum there. The complaint was
rejected because the suspect had diplomatic immunity at the time since he
was acting as the ambassador for Israel in Denmark.
Description of the suspect:
a white man, about 60 years old,
wearing glasses.
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Photo courtesy
of the office of the chief of
staff
Dan Halutz
On 12 July 2006, the suspect,
as Chief of Staff, ordered air
strikes on villages and cities in Lebanon, causing destruction and killing
for 34 days. This is prohibited under international law.
Following the air strikes, which
destroyed infrastructure
and necessities for human life, nearly 900,000 people were forced to leave
their homes or remain without shelter for weeks. Despite this, the suspect
continued to order his pilots to bombard Lebanon repeatedly, wiping out
entire neighborhoods.
4 years earlier, in July 2002,
the suspect ordered a one-ton
bomb to be dropped on a house in Rafah, Gaza, causing the deaths of 15
people including 9 children, and injuring dozens more.
In July 2008, after collecting
evidence, testimony and
documents, a complaint was submitted to the High Court of Spain on suspicion
that Halutz had committed a war crime by ordering a one-ton bomb to be dropped on
a house in Gaza. The court has issued a warrant for his arrest.
Description of the suspect:
an olive-skinned man about 60
years old, of average height, graying hair, wearing glasses.
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Photo courtesy
of the IDF Spokesperson
Doron Almog
On 10 January 2002, as head
of the Southern Command, the
suspect ordered the demolition of 59 houses in Rafah, occupied Gaza, an act
that is considered to be collective punishment under international law and
therefore prohibited.
On 22 July 2002, the suspect
was part of a group which ordered a one-ton bomb to be dropped on a house in Gaza to eliminate the
Palestinian Salah Shehadeh. The explosion killed 15 people, including 9
children. Dozens of people were injured.
The demolition of homes, the
expulsion of residents, the
bombing of residential areas, the killing of innocent civilians as a policy
of occupation are considered violations of International law and classed
as war crimes.
In 2005, a British court issued
a warrant to arrest the
suspect, however he evaded capture. In July 2008, the High Court of
Spain issued a second warrant to arrest the suspect for his part in
bombing the house in Gaza. Spain has extradition treaties with other
EU countries.
Description of the suspect:
a white man, about 65 years old,
above average height, short graying hair, blue eyes. Also goes by his
previous name Doron Avrutzki. Was seen recently in a company which invests
money in the Israeli weapons industry - Athlone Global Security.
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Anyone who has information about
the suspects when he is
outside of the Israeli borders, report immediately to:
The Prosecutor
POBox 19519
2500 Hague
Netherlands
Fax +31 70 515 8 555
otp.informationdesk@icc-cpi.int
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