Israeli minister cancels trip over arrest warrant


10:04 am - December 15th 2009

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A British court issued an arrest warrant for Israel’s former foreign minister over war crimes allegedly committed in Gaza this year – only to withdraw it when it was discovered that she was not in the UK, it emerged today.

Tzipi Livni, a member of the war cabinet during Operation Cast Lead, had been due to address a meeting in London on Sunday but cancelled her attendance in advance.

The Guardian has established that Westminster magistrates’ court issued the warrant at the request of lawyers acting for some of the Palestinian victims of the fighting but it was later dropped.

The warrant marks the first time an Israeli minister or former minister has faced arrest in the UK and is evidence of a growing effort to pursue war crimes allegations under “universal jurisidiction”.

…. more at The Guardian

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1. domesticextremist

Funny how ordinary UK citizens can secure an arrest warrant when a foreign politician’s actions invite a prosecution on war crimes charges, but not when politicians like Tony Blair should be in the frame. No doubt our government, ever alert to the delicate sensitivities of the USA where it ally Israel is concerned, will deal with the embarrassing discrepancy by subjecting all attempted arrests for war crimes to prior approval by the attorney-general. That should keep the hoi polloi in their place, and maintain the pretence that there’s an ongoing peace process in Israel/Palestine capable of being derailed. God save the queen, and her loyal ministers, craven stooges of Washington to a man.


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