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Israel's deputy PM cancels Britain trip to evade arrest
Wednesday November 03, 2010 08:06:00 PM,
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London:
Israel's deputy prime minister Dan Meridor was forced to cancel
his trip to Britain following warnings that he could be arrested
for alleged war crimes, a media report said.
Meridor, who is also the Israeli minister for intelligence and
atomic energy, pulled out of an event in London Monday after the
British Foreign Office and ministry of justice warned him he could
face an arrest warrant from pro-Palestinian activists, Daily Mail
reported.
Meridor, 63, is the latest Israeli politician to cancel a visit to
London because of concerns about possible arrest.
In November last year, former Israeli foreign minister Tzipi Livni
pulled out of a trip after a British court issued a warrant for
her arrest over alleged war crimes in Gaza.
At that time the then Foreign Secretary David Miliband ordered an
"urgent" review of the law, which allows members of the public to
bring private prosecutions for alleged war crimes.
Unlike most offences, war crimes carry a so-called universal
jurisdiction in British law, which means that foreigners can be
arrested in Britain for alleged crimes committed abroad.
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