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Albania is being asked to arrest Chief Rabbi Yoel Kaplan, accused of war crimes in Gaza! Summoned to the Tirana Prosecutor's Office

2025-09-24 16:04:47Aktualitet SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Albania is being asked to arrest Chief Rabbi Yoel Kaplan, accused of war crimes
Rabbi Yoel Kaplan and Prime Minister Edi Rama

Albanian authorities have been urged to arrest and try the country's chief rabbi for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed as part of "Israel's genocide in Gaza," the Middle East Eye newspaper reports.

On Wednesday, a case against Yoel Kaplan, an Israeli-American citizen, active Israeli soldier and head of Albania's small Jewish community, was submitted to the attorney general in Tirana.

Kaplan divides his time between Israel, Albania and Thessaloniki, Greece, where he also leads a small Jewish community. He has been photographed in Gaza and videos show him in uniform with the 55th Battalion of the 98th Division of the Israeli army.

The International Center for Justice for Palestine (ICJP), a UK-based rights group, said on Wednesday that it had "filed an official report to Albanian police regarding a member of the [Israeli military] suspected of participating in war crimes," Voxnews.al reports.

"We have reason to believe that this individual is currently present within Albanian jurisdiction and that local police should urgently investigate and arrest him," the statement said. The ICJP did not name the suspect for legal reasons.

Sources confirmed to MEE that the suspect is Kaplan. In March, the ICJP launched the Global Coalition 195, an international legal network that pursues Israel's war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Gaza.

The 98th Division operated in Gaza from around December 2023 until at least August 2024 and was believed to be active around Khan Younis, in the south of the Strip.

Albania's chief rabbi, who was appointed by the government in 2010 without the blessing of the majority of the country's small Jewish population, is being prosecuted under Article 7 of Albania's criminal code, which covers foreign citizens who commit crimes abroad, including "crimes against humanity."

As a signatory to the International Criminal Court (ICC) and the International Court of Justice (ICJ), Albania is obligated to investigate, the ICJP says.


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