British government ‘urgently’ looking at changing the law

December 16th, 2009 • Action
Tags: arrest, brown, Foreign Office, gaza, hague, harman, miliband, MP, PSC, tzipi livni, uk, war crimes, warrant

UPDATE – from Islington Friends of Yibna via Lambeth & Wandsworth PSC

UK government may act during Christmas

“At today’s PMQ the Conservatives made a shocking demand. William Hague MP [standing in for Conservative leader Cameron], suggested possible pressure on the judiciary and whatever it takes to ensure Israeli politicians would not be subjected to an arrest warrant for their responsibilities for war crimes. Harman MP [standing in for Gordon Brown] fully and shamelessly endorsed his demand.”

Clip of the Hague–Harman exchange followed by a question from Bob Marshall-Andrews about The Geneva Conventions Act:

Following arrest warrant for Tzipi Livni, British government ‘urgently’ looking at changing the law

Please act now! Contact your MP!

Following the news that Tzipi Livni, who served as Foreign Minister in the Israeli government that planned and executed Israel’s brutal bombing and massacre in Gaza, faced arrest if she entered Britain, tell the government there must be no impunity for Israeli war criminals. Please act URGENTLY – if possible email your MP today, and come to the vigil on 27 December to show the government that we will not let them forget Gaza.

Ask your MP to do the following:

1. Sign Early Day Motion 502 tabled by Jeremy Corbyn MP

Defending the right to bring war criminals to justice:
http://edmi.parliament.uk/EDMi/EDMDetails.aspx?EDMID=40074&SESSION=903

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Solidarity in crime

December 16th, 2009 • News
Tags: arrest, livni, london, miliband, tzipi, war crimes, warrant

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.

Read more at Scottish PSC…

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.