Solidarity in crime
December 16th, 2009 • News
Miliband promises to protect Israeli Minister Livni
Israeli ex-Minister Livni called off her planned visit to London after a Westminster magistrate issued an warrant for her arrest for her involvement in the planning of war crimes in Gaza.
Like the verdicts of British juries that the Israeli Army murdered Tom Hurndall and journalist James Miller, previous arrest warrants for war crimes against Doron Almog, and the hurried exit of other Israeli generals, the latest UK magistrate’s decision to issue an arrest warrant for an Israeli Government official on war crimes charges adds to the long-term build up of pressure for the British Government to break with its support for Israel.
Channel 4 report and debate with Jewish Chronicle’s Stephen Pollard and Daud Abdullah from MCB:
Update
What David Miliband should say to Tzipi Livni
If Britain’s foreign secretary has faith in his country’s standards of justice, this is the phonecall he should make.
