Netanyahu pledges no trials for Israelis
Leader rejects U.N.’s war crimes report
Posted: October 13, 2009 at 4:43 a.m.
Israeli President Shimon Peres listens to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during the opening of the winter session at Israel’s parliament in Jerusalem on Monday.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday vowed never to allow Israeli leaders or soldiers to stand trial on war-crimes charges over their actions during last winter’s military offensive in the Gaza Strip, furiously denouncing a U.N. report in a keynote address to parliament.
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