Guardian: Olmert could be arrested in Britain for war crimes in Gaza
[ 29/10/2009 - 09:51 AM ]
LONDON, (PIC)-- The British newspaper "The Guardian" has quoted a UK lawyer as saying that former Israeli premier Ehud Olmert would probably face arrest on war crime charges if he visited Britain.
In an article by its Middle East editor Ian Black, the paper said, "Neither Olmert nor Tzipi Livni, the foreign minister during the Cast Lead offensive, and a member of Israel's war cabinet, would enjoy immunity from prosecution for alleged breaches of the Geneva conventions, predicted Daniel Machover, who is involved in intensifying legal work after the controversial Goldstone report on the three-week conflict. Neither are ministers any longer".
It also noted, "Prosecutions of Israeli political and military figures remain likely despite the failure to obtain an arrest warrant for Ehud Barak, the defence minister, when he visited the UK earlier this month, he said. In the Barak case a magistrate accepted advice from the Foreign Office that the minister enjoyed state immunity and rejected an application made on behalf of several residents of the Gaza Strip".
The full article could be read on the following link:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/oct/27/olmert-could-face-warcrimes-arrest
[ 29/10/2009 - 09:51 AM ]
LONDON, (PIC)-- The British newspaper "The Guardian" has quoted a UK lawyer as saying that former Israeli premier Ehud Olmert would probably face arrest on war crime charges if he visited Britain.
In an article by its Middle East editor Ian Black, the paper said, "Neither Olmert nor Tzipi Livni, the foreign minister during the Cast Lead offensive, and a member of Israel's war cabinet, would enjoy immunity from prosecution for alleged breaches of the Geneva conventions, predicted Daniel Machover, who is involved in intensifying legal work after the controversial Goldstone report on the three-week conflict. Neither are ministers any longer".
It also noted, "Prosecutions of Israeli political and military figures remain likely despite the failure to obtain an arrest warrant for Ehud Barak, the defence minister, when he visited the UK earlier this month, he said. In the Barak case a magistrate accepted advice from the Foreign Office that the minister enjoyed state immunity and rejected an application made on behalf of several residents of the Gaza Strip".
The full article could be read on the following link:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/oct/27/olmert-could-face-warcrimes-arrest
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