The threat of being arrested for War Crimes has deterred the Israeli Public Security Minister Avi Dichter from visiting the UK.
In 2002 The Israeili domestic intelligence Shin Beth, led by Mr Dichter, assassinated a Hamas leader Saleh Shehada. A one-tonne bomb was dropped on his house killing him his wife and three children.
This is not the first time an Israeli official has avoided arrest in the UK. Two years ago Lawyers acting for The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights successful in having an arrest warrant issued against another Israeli.
UK police planned to arrest Israeli Geneal Doron Almog upon his arrival in the UK on charges that he had committed war crimes against the Palestinian people. Almog was tipped off so he remained on the plane at Heathrow and returned to Israel.
Yours
Harold Hamlet
Israeli minister avoids UK arrest threat: BBC News - Monday, 12 September 2005:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7130594.stm
Israel general 'avoids UK arrest' : BBC News - Decemeber 6 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4237620.stm
Jerusalem Post: Fearing arrest, Dichter rejects UK visit http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?c=JPArticle&cid=1196847268058&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
This is not the first time an Israeli official has avoided arrest in the UK. Two years ago Lawyers acting for The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights successful in having an arrest warrant issued against another Israeli.
UK police planned to arrest Israeli Geneal Doron Almog upon his arrival in the UK on charges that he had committed war crimes against the Palestinian people. Almog was tipped off so he remained on the plane at Heathrow and returned to Israel.
Yours
Harold Hamlet
Israeli minister avoids UK arrest threat: BBC News - Monday, 12 September 2005:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7130594.stm Israel general 'avoids UK arrest' : BBC News - Decemeber 6 2007
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4237620.stm Jerusalem Post: Fearing arrest, Dichter rejects UK visit
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?c=JPArticle&cid=1196847268058&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull
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Correction to references
06.12.2007 18:19
They should have read:
Israeli minister avoids UK arrest threat: BBC News - BBC News - Decemeber 6 2007
Israel general 'avoids UK arrest' : Monday, 12 September 2005:
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