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| Maj.-Gen.(res) Rothschild leaves UK after arrest warrant threat | ||
| 2011-07-06 | ||
Rothschild coordinated IDF operations in the Palestinian territories in the early 1990s during the first Intifada. The attempted arrest of Rothschild was allegedly in response to the arrest of Raed Salah last week, Army Radio said.
He was due to give a speech in parliament on Tuesday, organized by the Henry Jackson Society, as well as to appear before another think tank – but pulled out of both events, and instead hurried out of the country, taking the Eurostar to France -- so as to avoid passport control at Heathrow-- and flying home Tuesday night. This comes a day after Knesset member and former Labour leader Amir Peretz was also forced to cut short a London visit, for the same reason. In December, a Police and Social Responsibility Bill passed the power to issue universal jurisdiction warrants to the Director of Public Prosecutions, when it previously lay with individual magistrates. In practice, this means it would be much harder—although not impossible-- for courts to issue the arrest warrants. The new system would also delay proceedings, so that any suspect would have ample time to evade arrest by leaving the country. However, the bill still needs to be approved in parliament to take effect, a process that could take months. British Ambassador in Israel Matthew Gould said Wednesday that "an amendment to the law has already passed the House of Commons, and is currently making its way through the Lords. It is expected to become law later in the year." He added that "the proposed change will help ensure that arrest warrants are not granted when there is no realistic chance of prosecution. It will prevent the law from being misused for political reasons. We remain committed to upholding international justice, and continue to believe that those guilty of war crimes must be brought to justice. The change in the law will not affect our ability to do so." | ||
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #2 1930es again? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2011-07-06 16:51 |
| #1 "taking the Eurostar to France -- so as to avoid passport control at Heathrow" Finally! The EU is good for something. |
| Posted by: Barbara 2011-07-06 15:18 |