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A quest for justice: The case against Ariel Sharon, Daily Star, 29 November 2001
Flora Lewis, With Assassinations, Israel Loses Honor and Gains No Security, The International Herald Tribune, 4 August 2001
Azadeh Moaveni, Sharon On Trial, Time Magazine, 3 August 2001
Tony Karon, Why Israeli Officials are limiting their european vacations, Time Magazine, 5 August 2001
Nitzan Horowitz, Out of Zion Sharon's not alone in the human rights gunsights, Ha'aretz, 5 August 2001
Serge Dumont, Trois équipes spéciales pour éviter les assises à Sharon, Le Soir, 4 August 2001
Uri Avnery, Watch Out Now The New Century is Full of Danes , International Herald Tribune, 1 August 2001
Mahmoud Cherif Bassiouni, Sharon and Milosevich, al-Ahram, 30 July 2001
Clyde Haberman, Israel Warns Officials Of Legal Risks Abroad, New York Times, 28 July and International Herald Tribune, 30 July 2001
Catherine Dupeyron, Ariel Sharon face a la Justice Belge, Le Monde, 27 July 2001
Mouna Naim, L'ouverture de la procédure est le fruit de plusieurs années d'enquêtes, Le Monde, 27 July 2001
Mouna Naim, Au nom du Droit International Humanitaire, Le Monde, 27 July 2001
Ralph Atkins, Israel Fears Citizens May Face Human Rights Charges Abroad, Financial Times, 26 July 2001
Karim Gawhary, Scharon nimmt die Klage in Belgien ernst, Berlinonline, 30 July 2001
Rosemary Sayigh, Sabra and Shatila revisited, Middle East International, 13 July 2001
Editorial, War Crimes, Middle East International, 13 July 2001
Abd al-Wahhab Badrakhan, Giving Innocence a Bad Name, Al-Hayat and Middle East International, 13 July 2001
Selim Hoss, Man and Resistance, al-Safir, 3 July 2001
Ghassane Tueini, Editorial, Nahar, 25 June 2001
Scarlett Haddad, Sabra et Chatila - La plainte contre Sharon provoque un tollé diplomatique, L'Orient-le Jour, 10 Juillet 2001
Wolgang Kohler, Sharon und dans Massaker, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 7 July 2001
Dean Andromidas, Israel's Sharon Accused as War Criminal, EIR, 29 June 2001
Evelyn Gordon, A badly flawed case, Jerusalem Post, 10 July 2001
Fergal Keane and Mike Robinson , Panorama searches for truth , Jerusalem Post, 10 July 2001
Wrong case against Sharon, Baltimore Sun , 9 July 2001
Nitzan Horowitz, Opening a juridical can of worms, Haaretz, 8 July 2001
Patricia Kelly, Belgium's legal trap for world leaders, CNN, 5 July 2001
Sibylle Rizk, Bruxelles, l'étape impossible, le Figaro, 4 July 2001
Mohammad Haddad, On popular v. real trials, al-Hayat, 1 July 2001
Daoud Sharian, European Justice, al-Hayat, 1 July 2001
Joseph Samaha, Belgian legal changes ad hominem ?, al-Hayat, 29 June 2001
Michael Young, Recalling Ariel Sharon and the Sabra and Chatila massacres, Cyberia, 27 June 2001, 
Nicholas Blanford, Sharon Trial Campaign Gathers Momentum, Daily Star, 25 June 2001
Eetta Prince-Gibson , The long arm of the law , The Jerusalem Post, 27 June 2001
Mashmushi Muhammad, Al-ghiyab al-arabi (the Arab absence), Al-Safir, 26 June 2001
Georges Marion, La responsabilité d'Ariel Sharon... Une plainte a aussi été déposée en Belgique, Le Monde, 20 June 2001
Gareth Smyth, Refugees pursue Sharon charge, Financial Times, 17 June 2001
Lee Hockstader, Sharon's Actions In 1982 Massacre Stir New Debate, Washington Post and International Herald Tribune, 25-26 June 2001
Boaz Gaon, Maariv week-end magazine cover story, 22 June 2001 
Tom Segev, Eye of the Beholder, Haaretz, 22 June 2001
Blair refuses to meet Sharon, UPI NEWS, 21 June 2001
Stephen Castle, Atrocity survivors ask Belgian court to indict Sharon, Independent 19 June 2001
Constant Brand, Court asked to indict Sharon over Palestinian massacre, Independent 18 June 2001

Early news

Second lawsuit against Sharon, al-Hayat, 4 June 2001
Case against Sharon mounts, Daily Star, 5 June 2001
When will the ghosts of Sabra and Shatila catch up with Israel’s prime minister?, 
Daily Star, 9 June 2001

Related Developments- Around the BBC Panorama Documentary, "The Accused", aired 17 June 2001

Documentary (full transcript)
Documentary (in Real Play Mode)

David Usborne  US professor under police protection after accusing Sharon of war crimes, Independent 24 June 2001