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Henry Kissinger, GW Bush, Donald Rumsfeld, and other former US officials check with the State Department before traveling abroad to some countries. They want assurances no arrest warrants await them.
According to the London Independent , Israeli government and military officials express similar concerns. They avoid visiting Britain "for fear of arrest on war crimes charges, it was revealed."
Major General (res.) Doron Almog cancelled a July London speaking engagement "on the advice of the Israeli government."
In 2005, he was nearly arrested. A court-issued warrant awaited him. Staying on his plane saved him. He was tipped off that police were waiting. Currently he's in charge of dispossessing Negev Israeli Arabs (Bedouins) from their own land and property.
Former Israeli foreign minister Tzipi Livni also avoided arrest my means of a Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) legal assessment. Major General Yohanan Locker and other senior Israeli officials avoid UK travel.
Although Britain softened its UJ legislation, it remains untested. Culpable Israelis are loathe to try. Maybe they'll slip up elsewhere. Hopefully one day they'll answer for their crimes.
The bad new is no surprise.
Israel violated terms it struck with Palestinian hunger strikers multiple ways. Gazan prisoners were transferred far from family members to make visitations virtually impossible. Remaining hunger strikers have been tortured, isolated, and denied medical treatment.
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