Zionist min quits UK trip in fear of arrest

A Zionist regime's minister has cancelled a trip to Britain next month after he was warned that he risked arrest on war crimes charges.

 

Avi Dichter, the public security minister and a former head of the Shin Bet internal security agency, was to speak at a conference on security at King's College London. But he was advised by Zionist's foreign and justice ministries not to risk the visit.

 

Dichter's concerns relate to Zionist regime's military attack in July 2002 on a house in Gaza that murdered Hamas commander Salah Shehadeh, his bodyguard and 13 civilians, including children. The strike drew strong international criticism, including from then UN secretary general Kofi Annan, who warned Zionist regime to comply with international law. Dichter was head of Shin Bet at the time.

 

The law in Britain allows individuals to seek warrants for the arrest of those suspected of serious human rights abuses abroad. Dichter is not the first Israeli official to risk arrest under this law. In September 2005 detectives were waiting at Heathrow airport to arrest a retired Israeli general, Doron Almog, on war crimes charges relating to house demolitions and targeted killings in Gaza.

 

Almog's plane landed but he stayed on board until the El -Al flight took off again for Israel.

 

A year later Moshe Ya'alon, a former military chief, cancelled a trip to London for fear of arrest and Zionists' authorities warned the then chief of staff, Dan Halutz, that he should also avoid traveling to the UK. Both men were also involved in the decision to attack Shehadeh in 2002.