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| | lizzy | Dec 7, 2007 6:48am | Israeli minister cancels UK trip in fear of arrest
The law in Britain allows individuals to seek warrants for the arrest of those suspected of serious human rights abuses abroad.
Dichter's concerns relate to an Israeli military attack in July 2002 on a house in Gaza that killed Hamas military 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 Israel to comply with international law. Dichter was head of Shin Bet at the time.
Dichter was frustrated, he sees England as an ally of Israel,
"The field of cooperation is something we wanted to push forward".
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 was tipped off by Israeli diplomats and 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 Israeli authorities warned the then chief of staff, Dan Halutz, that he should also avoid travelling to the UK. Both men were also involved in the decision to attack Shehadeh in 2002.
guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,,2223697,00.html [guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,,2223697,00.html]
Claims of chemical weapon use in Gaza
Reports by health workers in Gaza of injured Palestinians suffering from "severe convulsions, muscle spasms, vomiting, amnesia or partial memory loss" after exposure to Israeli gas attacks.
Last year the IDF fired powerful gases at a peaceful joint Palestinian and Israeli demonstration against the wall being driven through B'lin, a village in the occupied West Bank.
My colleagues and I were able to obtain a sample of the munition.
It contained a powerful irritant derived from capsaicin (the analysis was published in the international peer-reviewed journal Medicine, Conflict and Survival in October last year).
Claims that the IDF used white phosphorus in the Lebanon war last year were initially denied.
They were finally admitted by the Israeli minister Jacob Edery in October 2006. White phosphorus causes intense burns and generates choking fumes.
Israel claim it "has never threatened the existence of any of its neighbours"
attacks on its neighbours
1956 (Egypt),
1967 (Egypt and Syria),
1978, 1982 and 2006 (Lebanon).
guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,,2220217,00.html [guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,,2220217,00.html]
U.S. signs $38 million deal for depleted uranium tank shells
rawstory.com/news/2006/U.S._signs_38_million_deal_for_0302.html [rawstory.com/news/2006/U.S._signs_38_million_deal_for_0302.html]
Iraqi child affected by DU.
Israeli arms used in South contain radioactive matter
informationclearinghouse.info/article14638.htm [informationclearinghouse.info/article14638.htm]
Global Diabetes Epidemic Caused by Depleted Uranium
23.08.06. L. Moret, Rense.com. 2 maps of destruction in Lebanon. Short precis on depleted uranium, cluster bombs, missiles and white phosphorus in Lebanon. (DU) will contaminate the entire Mediterranean, Europe, and beyond... wherever the winds take it, to be rained and snowed out in our back yards.
Roof-top protest at Brighton arms manufacturer
23.08.06. AFP. Parts for the Hellfire missile are made by EDO MBM in Brighton. EDO (UK) Limited, formerly EDO MBM Technology Limited, is part of the US-based EDO corporation, and designs, develops and manufactures weapon carriage and release systems for the aerospace and defence industries. Clients include Britain's Royal Navy and Royal Air Force, according to its website.
brusselstribunal.org/MeyerLebanon2.htm [brusselstribunal.org/MeyerLebanon2.htm]
What Types of Gruesome Weapons Did Israel Use in Lebanon?
Those substances are classified per their effects: causes "bubbles" (elevation of the skin that get detached and get filled of the fluid or bulla) on the skin, paralyzes nerves, causes internal hemorrhages, suffocates and prevent breathing and causes deterioration of the skin, lungs and intestines, and others that cause several illnesses.
globalresearch.ca/index.php [globalresearch.ca/index.php]&
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| | | Grouchoo | Dec 8, 2007 2:05pm | Israel claim it "has never threatened the existence of any of its neighbours"
Yeah. Right.
Hey! We are building this wall for YOUR benefit.
Hey! We are dropping these bombs for YOUR benefit.
Hey! We are excluding you for YOUR benefit.
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