Israel – Tzipi Livni, Israel’s opposition leader and former foreign minister, is planning to visit London to test the process by which Britain issues arrest warrants for alleged war crimes.
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In December Mrs Livni cancelled a trip to Britain after Westminster magistrates’ court issued a warrant seeking her arrest in connection with alleged war crimes relating to Israel’s Gaza offensive.
Hamas, the Palestinian group which is considered a terrorist organisation by Britain, was believed to have helped British lawyers secure the arrest warrant against Mrs Livni.
It sparked a diplomatic row and Gordon Brown, the Prime Minister, expressed his regret over the incident saying that Mrs Livni was “most welcome in Britain any time”.
The British government also said it would look at universal jurisdiction legislation and review how warrants were issued.
Mrs Livni told the Jewish Chronicle: “I will do this not for me, not for provocation, but for the right of every Israeli to travel freely.”
The British system was “being abused by extremists for political reasons,” she added.
“My intention is not to stay in Israel for ever. I don’t think as a decision-maker, who made decisions against terror, that I should plan never to leave Israel. The British fight terror, too. They do not remain in Britain. They travel,” she said.
The Israeli opposition leader said she was considering a number of invitations but did not confirm when she would make the trip.
The Foreign Office has said that there have been delays in agreeing to changes to universal jurisdiction legislation which was initially given a deadline of February 23.
Go Livni Go!
IDIOT
Good for her. She’s got guts.
She’s the best man in Israel
I can’t wait to see what happens!
No pride. Instead of visiting them, boycott them. This lady with this krume sechel, wants to lead a country? She is going to go there to “test” it?
If she doesn’t get arrested maybe Savage should go and further test Britain
When they arrest her it will be a real embarrassment for the British
Next thing you know they will arrest Obama as well
While I am against the idea of universal jurisdiction, as an Israeli citizen It would not hurt my feelings if she were arrested and kept out of here for a while. Maybe we should send Barak and then we could end this stupid construction freeze.
They won’t touch her.
she will travel with 50 shin bet.
with guns……
Livni has no Jewish pride. My wife has wanted to go to London for the past five years and I refuse to go because of their anti-Jewish attitude. I was disgusted by their anti-semetic Mayor and their anti-semetic government. Remember the foreign minister who had a mental break down ranting and raving at a gym about how he hated Jews? Oh, and Britain will not sell any military repair parts to Israel anymore because of the Lebanon and Gaza wars. The will not allow Israel to defend itself against rockets fired by Hezbolah or Hamas. I can’t forget these acts of war against the Jewish People. Then they ban Michael Savage for no reason other than he is a conservative Jew. No other American conservatives are banned there. So I won’t set foot there. Britain is anti-semetic by Government policy.
this criminaly insane traitorous self hating leftist coward,should have been arrested
in Israel for the crime of high treason
She is a danger to Israel.She would give up everything to the arabs had she been elected.Lets hope England arrests her and keeps her there forever. Another internal enemy of Israel would out of commission.
what’s going on with britain they don’t let in people who thinks different of there administration this administration is really not liberals they are a bunch of criminels a man like michel savage isn’t alowed to enter britain because he is a conservative its wordless. ………
She is hoping the Brits will arrest her to give her failing political career another push.
I think its a big waste of money to”test” britian
if u want a trip to england pay for it urself not with the government money what a shud
and when the amajahaddd comes how much reward to they give then
Let’s Wake Up! Officials play roles. After decades of the same status quo in Israel we should realize it doesn’t matter what platform officials present. These things are foregone conclusions but I wouldn’t call them stage. For pete’s sake America has a President, formerly unknown, with an Arab name, a very distinct and familiar Arab name. Get it?
Beyond that: Alot of these comments are fake. Spammers are pretending to be Jewish so they can make Jews and Israelis look like idiots. It’s a form of antagonism and misdirection for the readers.
How about arresting the English for their war crimes in Ireland?
hope they arrest her
If they start arresting her, it sure would make publicity. It’s unlikeluy that too much harm would come of it, and there is more likelihood for gain.
However, Livni does not care if she will eat treif, or not be able to go to the mikva (actually, being a woman, that’s OK), or needs to break shabbos. It is THIS which does not make her a hero with guts, in my eyes.