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		IDF Major General Doron Almog (res.) returning from London when he found out there was an arrest warrant for him in England last year. (Guy Raivitz)




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Israel may provide counsel to officials in war crimes trials overseas

By Yuval Yoaz, Haaretz Correspondent

The state will provide the legal defense for state and defense establishment employees prosecuted in foreign countries or international courts for action they took as representatives of the State of Israel, according to a regulation approved Sunday by the ministerial committee for legislation.

The decision comes in the wake of arrest warrants issued in Britain against senior Israel Defense Forces officials. About nine months ago, Major General Doron Almog (res.) returned from London without disembarking an El Al flight when he found out there was an arrest warrant for him in England related to the IDF's demolition of 60 homes in Rafah. Haaretz later reported that complaints were also filed in Britain against IDF Chief of Staff Dan Halutz and his predecessor, Moshe Ya'alon, for their involvement in the deaths of 14 Palestinian civilians when Israel assassinated Salah Shehada in July 2002.

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he chairman of the legislation committee, Justice Minister Haim Ramon, said it was essential to defend Israelis facing prosecution for carrying out their duties.

"This is crucial regulation to defend to the highest office-holders who were carrying out the state's instructions - first and foremost heads of the security establishment - from hostile elements that want to harm the State of Israel by putting these office-holders on the defendant's bench."

The regulation calls for the establishment of a committee to determine the extent of the state's involvement in the legal defense. In addition, the state has reserved the right to reject certain legal arguments that could be used in the individual's defense but might hamper the state's desire "to safeguard the national interest of the state in any way it deems correct."

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1.	Hostile Elements	06:15	\|	Nedal	26/06/06

2.	Nedal	06:46	\|	JW	26/06/06

3.	WHATS GOOD FOR THE GANDER	06:46	\|	paul harris	26/06/06

4.	IDF makes a mockery of International Law	06:51	\|	SJ	26/06/06

5.	What is good for the goose is good for the gander.	06:58	\|	Amazed	26/06/06

6.	Acts of War by serial jewkillers	07:11	\|	Bernard Ross	26/06/06

7.	Indict the brits in Israel	07:24	\|	Bernard Ross	26/06/06

8.	This is a huge mistake.	07:45	\|	Shmulke Oyna	26/06/06

9.	israeli purported war crimes	07:59	\|	richard bernstein	26/06/06

10.	Hey Brits! Do You Support This?	08:27	\|	Sam The Sham	26/06/06

11.	#3 the loony left lawyers wouldnt dare amazed	08:54	\|	paul harris	26/06/06

12.	The Brits and Americans Occupation is different	08:55	\|	Ibrahim	26/06/06

13.	There is only one problem here...and it is called jurisdiction	09:16	\|	An Australian	26/06/06

14.	Shucks	09:17	\|	Clickfool	26/06/06

15.	Advice to Israel	09:24	\|	Clickfool	26/06/06

16.	Sderot	10:20	\|	Melusine	26/06/06

17.	Facing Prosecution	10:28	\|	Rick	26/06/06

18.	For Bernard Ross	10:44	\|	Clickfool	26/06/06

19.	re: WHATS GOOD FOR THE GANDER	10:45	\|	David	26/06/06

20.	Could you imagine,	10:56	\|	Rick	26/06/06

21.	Responsible UK Lawfirm	11:15	\|	Daniel	26/06/06

22.	#20	11:16	\|	Melusine	26/06/06

23.	and Australia too ...	11:23	\|	Yozzi	26/06/06

24.	Thanks for photo	11:28	\|	Michael	26/06/06

25.	Paul Harris	11:42	\|	Connie	26/06/06

26.	#24 YOU HAD BETETR START WITH THE BRITISH ARMY MICHAEL	11:44	\|	paul harris	26/06/06

27.	#5 British soldiers are prosecuted	11:53	\|	Eorpa	26/06/06

28.	mike	11:55	\|	IDF Pal	26/06/06

29.	#6	11:57	\|	Eorpa	26/06/06

30.	Clickfool	11:57	\|	Connie	26/06/06

31.	#10 Ken Livingstone	12:04	\|	Eorpa	26/06/06

32.	connie 25	12:33	\|	potaboc	26/06/06

33.	Will diplomatic passports do?	12:37	\|	Tom Smitsloo	26/06/06

34.	#27 - British soldiers are prosecuted	13:41	\|	Kate	26/06/06

35.	Israel should do the job	13:59	\|	Nemo	26/06/06

36.	Dear IDF Pal and others	14:44	\|	Michael	26/06/06

37.	This is really interesting	14:46	\|	Chris Linthwaite	26/06/06

38.	What Is The Point Of This Article???	15:34	\|	Yaakov Sullivan	26/06/06

39.	Clickfool	15:40	\|	jed nightingale	26/06/06

40.	Real solution	15:44	\|	Gee	26/06/06

41.	#37 James Miller, James Miller, James Miller	15:48	\|	Yaakov Sullivan	26/06/06

42.	Jihad supporting leftists	15:57	\|	B	26/06/06

43.	Michael #24 and Almog`s photo	16:09	\|	Innocent bystander	26/06/06

44.	Eorpa	16:14	\|	Freddy	26/06/06

45.	ISRAEL MUST PROTECT ITS SUSPECTED WAR CRIMINALS	16:17	\|	Messaoud	26/06/06

46.	Eorpa	16:24	\|	Freddy	26/06/06

47.	not without prejudice	16:24	\|	muffin	26/06/06

48.	not without prejudice 2	16:34	\|	muffin	26/06/06

49.	Michael # 36	16:35	\|	Whomever	26/06/06

50.	Learn from General Augustin Pinochet of Chile	16:54	\|	Johnny Weintraub	26/06/06

51.	#41, boring	17:00	\|	Danny - Israeli one	26/06/06

52.	Muffin and her litany of british disgrace	17:05	\|	Yaakov Sullivan	26/06/06

53.	Chris-FIRST JUSTICE FOR MENEZES	17:05	\|	Sam-UK Gamekeeper	26/06/06

54.	ISRAEL WILL NEED A BATTALLION OF LAWYERS	17:20	\|	12 DERSHOWS 4 ALMOG	26/06/06

55.	To Johnny Weintraub-ON MORAL CONSIDERATIONS-STAY AWAY FROM ISRAEL	17:24	\|	Sirrah Laup	26/06/06

56.	Better work to change the international system	17:25	\|	Ben Gurion	26/06/06

57.	What happend to General Parami Kulatunga on Monday	17:27	\|	Can occur here Tuesd	26/06/06

58.	Brings back memories of he Dreyfus trial or the Auto De Fe	17:52	\|	pace306	26/06/06

59.	The honorable way	17:59	\|	Sidney	26/06/06

60.	A History of Israel`s Crimes Against Humanity	18:31	\|	Samed	26/06/06

61.	Our slippery slope	18:32	\|	David Rivlin	26/06/06

62.	Indict Europeans for funding terrorism	18:38	\|	Bernard Ross	26/06/06

63.	b/c UK is the grand upholder of intl law...	18:55	\|	Simon	26/06/06

64.	#60 revised list as per the religion of headcutters	19:04	\|	pace306	26/06/06

65.	Prosecution	19:08	\|	Brod	26/06/06

66.	Councel to Officials	19:20	\|	Shirley	26/06/06

67.	Israel may provide council	19:33	\|	Elias	26/06/06

68.	UK Prosecutions	19:40	\|	S	26/06/06

69.	Sam UK-GamekeeperDon`t change the subject	19:49	\|	Chris Linthwaite	26/06/06

70.	they sure know a lot about war crimes	19:54	\|	Noura	26/06/06

71.	De Mendez	19:56	\|	Trinity	26/06/06

72.	#62 I fully agree	19:57	\|	Chris Linthwaite	26/06/06

73.	Yaakov	20:44	\|	Michael	26/06/06

74.	C.LINTHWAITE .Brit Humanitarians.20 billion quid arms to Saudis	20:49	\|	PETER SM	26/06/06

75.	C.Linthwaite.Read "Yob Nation" by Giles.Brittish at their" best"	20:52	\|	PETER SM	26/06/06

76.	Beyond understanding	21:00	\|	Wendy	26/06/06

77.	Indict Britain	21:08	\|	Adam Mileikowsky	26/06/06

78.	#74 Peter SM	21:31	\|	Chris Linthwaite	26/06/06

79.	Israel should provide counsel	21:41	\|	Mark Lincoln	26/06/06

80.	Chris Linthwaite	21:45	\|	Yariv	26/06/06

81.	The problem is Ben Gurion	21:46	\|	Mark Lincoln	26/06/06

82.	COURTS	21:47	\|	TOM	26/06/06

83.	Yes, Michael it is only the Israelis are to blame #73	21:48	\|	Yaakov Sullivan	26/06/06

84.	potobac	21:51	\|	Connie	26/06/06

85.	So, the war criminals has no choice than defending Israel`s state	21:53	\|	Roberto	26/06/06

86.	Response to Rick, Esq, Facing Prosecution (17)	21:53	\|	Coastie	26/06/06

87.	Rick, "Could You Imagibe"	21:57	\|	Coastie	26/06/06

88.	potobac(continued)	21:58	\|	Connie	26/06/06

89.	IL is defending itself against intended Arab genocide	22:03	\|	MG	26/06/06

90.	Elias, don`t you remember VietNam	22:11	\|	Coastie	26/06/06

91.	Chris Linthwaite	22:15	\|	Coastie	26/06/06

92.	#27 but no generals !!! israel also has prosecuted the squaddies	22:37	\|	paul harris	26/06/06

93.	When will Palestinian terrorist leaders be tried?	22:59	\|	Jeff Jafaar	26/06/06

94.	Yaakov #83, false blame again is a sign of unintellegnce	23:43	\|	SHIMON	26/06/06

95.	Yaakov and his lack of knowledge of history and his huge mouth	23:44	\|	SHIMON	26/06/06

96.	Fake liberals	23:47	\|	Sarah	26/06/06

97.	Judge Not	23:57	\|	Prophet	26/06/06

98.	The woman killed by an IDF strike last week	00:01	\|	Chris Linthwaite	27/06/06

99.	C.LINTHWAITE.Where was a 13 year old girl "gang raped"	00:12	\|	PETER SM	27/06/06

100.	C.LINTHWAITE.As you are so morally superior to the Israelis.	00:19	\|	PETER SM	27/06/06

101.	Smaller problem compared to the bigger one (Mark Lincoln #81)	00:38	\|	Ben Gurion	27/06/06

102.	#56, BG	00:48	\|	Cipora Julianna Kohn	27/06/06

103.	#95, SHIMON	00:55	\|	Cipora Julianna Kohn	27/06/06

104.	Hopeless Cipora #99	01:46	\|	Ben Gurion	27/06/06

105.	Yaakov Sullivan ( Jews for Jesus)	01:49	\|	Mother Theresa	27/06/06

106.	#98 Peter SM	02:05	\|	Chris Linthwaite	27/06/06

107.	not without prejudice 3 (to 52)	02:12	\|	muffin	27/06/06

108.	not without prejudice 4 re:21	02:38	\|	muffin	27/06/06

109.	Merely Following orders	02:58	\|	John	27/06/06

110.	EUROPE COURTS AND LAW MONOPLY	03:04	\|	TRUETH	27/06/06

111.	MUFFIN As you say fair trial is unlikely as with the Irish-	04:00	\|	PETER SM	27/06/06

112.	Cipora #102; not again!	05:52	\|	Ben Gurion	27/06/06

113.	#109 - Trueth	06:13	\|	Frantz	27/06/06

114.	Ben Gurion	07:39	\|	Cipora Julianna Kohn	27/06/06

115.	Israels war crimes	09:12	\|	Dav	27/06/06

116.	Yaakov	09:14	\|	Michael	27/06/06

117.	Israel`s "war crimes"? Get serious.	15:29	\|	Wendy	27/06/06

118.	Wendy - it is already serious	22:41	\|	Jeffrey	27/06/06

119.	British shoot-to-kill-policy	22:48	\|	Bloody Brit	27/06/06

120.	wendy 117	07:03	\|	potaboc	28/06/06

121.	so its official....	16:36	\|	ravi	11/03/08

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