Souad Srour El Meri (R), a victim of the 1982 Sabra & Chatilla massacre and Lebanese lawyer Chibli Mallat (L) hold a joint news conference in Brussels June 18, 2001. Srour el Meri is one of 28 Palestinians bringing war crimes charges against Israeli Prime Minster Ariel Sharon under a 1993 Belgian law which gives universal jurisdiction over war criminals, whatever their nationality and wherever the crimes were committed.

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