nt the ending of the
             persecution, and when the other countries discovered what the Nazis
             had done Military Tribunals quickly followed. Some of the accused war
             criminals were tried and sentenced, but others managed to escape
             judgement and thus became fugitives running from international law.
             Israel became a state, and thus, some of the Jews that survived the
             concentration camps moved to the state largely populated by people of
             Jewish ancestry. Israel felt a moral commitment because of its large
             Jewish population and set about searching for the fugitive Nazi war
             The situation just described is only a basic overview of what
             happened. The state of Israel views itself as the nation with the
             greatest moral jurisdiction for the trial of Nazi war criminals, and
             other states around the Globe agree with Israel's claim. (Lubet and
             Reed 1) Former Israeli Attorney General Gideon Hausner was interested
             in confirming Israel as the place for br
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