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January 5, 2010

Israeli Military Officers Cancel Trip to Britain Fearing Arrest
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In other news from Israel, senior officers from the Israeli military
have canceled a planned visit to Britain over fears that they would be
arrested for alleged war crimes upon landing. The delegation made its
decision after being told that there was no guarantee warrants would not
be waiting for them. In December, Tzipi Livni canceled a visit of her
own upon learning that a British court had approved her arrest. The
warrant cited Livni’s role in the US-backed Israeli attack on Gaza
nearly a year ago that killed over 1,300 Palestinians, most of them
civilians.



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