'South African groups seek arrest warrant for Livni'
Pro-Palestinian groups want Kadima leader arrested for her role in the Gaza war two years ago, South African media outlets report; Livni due to visit South Africa next week.
By Haaretz Service Tags: Tzipi LivniThe Media Review Network and the Palestine Solidarity Alliance are seeking to secure an arrest warrant in South Africa for Kadima chairwoman Tzipi Livni, who is due to visit that country next week, Channel 10 reported citing South African media outlets.
The South African groups allege that Livni is guilty of war crimes due to her role in Israel's three-week offensive against Hamas in the Gaza Strip in the winter of 2008-09, when Livni was foreign minister in the government of Ehud Olmert.
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Tzipi Livni |
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"We have now been informed that Livni has been invited to this country and have therefore instructed our legal team to take all necessary measures to secure an arrest warrant," MRN chief Iqbal Jassat was quoted as saying. "Our decision is based on the fact that South Africa is a signatory to the Rome statutes which obligates all member states to honor their responsibility in the prosecution of war criminals."
Livni was invited to South Africa by the local Jewish community to give a number of speeches and hold meetings in Cape Town and Johannesburg.
South African Jewish leader Zev Krengel expressed disappointment in the decision of the Media Review Network and the Palestine Solidarity Alliance to pursue Livni.
“First of all we are very sad that they would even want to do such a thing," Krengel was quoted as saying. "Tzipi Livni has been an enthusiastic supporter of the peace process.”
Krengel added that Livni's trip would go ahead as planned.
"It is a pure intimidation tactic by people who are not interested in finding a solution to the situation in the Middle East," he was quoted as saying.
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Guess I'll scratch my next trip to south africa now
Olmert didn't appreciate Livni's abilities and kept her out of the decision making. Whether rightly or wrongly, she was not really involved in Cast Lead. The problem with Cast Lead, as with the other Olmert war (Lebanon II) was that it had no clear and achievable goals. The IDF tried to avoid direct fights with Hamas so as to minimize its casualties. But this shows that the goal was not to take over Gaza but to punish it. When all proper (and improper targets were bombed after the first few days, Olmert insisted on prolonging the bombing. The result was bombings that amounted to war crimes. However this worked, Livni had nothing to do with it. Good for her, but bad for Israel since she was never tested in a real situation.
After all, she supports traitorous leftist organizations that compiled the Goldstone Report, so she is responsible for bringing this on herself.
These people are concerned with Israeli activity toward the Palestinians - your posts regarding anything else are ridiculous.
Doubt it the mere whiff of a arrest warrant will keep Livni away. Livni hasn't exactly rushed to fufill her promise to come to London to fulfill her promise has she?
Livni has lost her mind when she supported cast Lead - and now she seems to have lost her figure !
mrn_ij@telkomsa.net basically just write them to SA , I am gonna write to the boss because I support Livni
Livni is an active critic of the current Israeli Government for not doing enough to advance peace. Just follow the news. Any group wanting to indict should have their true motives looked into. It's time for the S.A. Government to act with courage and not continue to bend to the whim of the Palestinian Lobby in S.A..
Jews across the world should respond to this by seeking similar arrest warrants against visiting Arab leaders. Especially saudis. Saudi Arabia was involved in a murderous war against Yemeni Shiites for over a year using state of the art weaponry against defenceless civilians. Tens of thousands died. No UN resolutions and no goldstone reports. Hound their leaders.
"How dare Israel defend itself from a terror organization that commits daily war crimes and crimes against humanity on the Israeli population". Good laugh is in order.
They have joined the band wagon of international hypocrisy against Israel.
Has Tzipi Livni got an ovarian tumour? The photograph shows what appears to be abdominal distension. She normally looks thin or, at least, athletic in shape. Or maybe she has an item of clothing bundled up over her?
everything goes South!
Look carefully. The photo's just been taken at a strange angle.
The world has gone mad including all of you in here. It's unbelievable hearing this garbage,
you need to elaborate, south africa is a signatory to the rome statute, havent you heard of international law? or what part of that law do you consider to be 'garbage'?
How can you call for the UN to abide to its investigation on Hezbollah and refuse it for Israel?
And firring rockets and mortars on Israel's civilian population is "legal" in your pathetic minds.I really don't understand all of you, you side with terrorist/monsters that would easily cut your throats if it suited them. How naive can can the world get. .
People like you scream boody murder when Wiki Leaks exposes them ...
from lies and violent people.
N O T H I N G ! but go ahead make my day.
This ***** Need to be arrested and should get life imprisonment for her War Crimes.
Terrorist hamas
Zionists.
Mr Kahn, As adescendent of Indian muslims brought to SA, you are representing your community desire to be treated equal by the inhabitants of this country. You will never achieve this. So start doing something positive in your life. Poor soul!!
Evacuated from Gaza years ago, But Hamas hasn't. The day Hamas stops threatening Israel, then Gaza will return back to normal. Blame Hamas instead.
Wassem you denigrate the memory of the Zionist Joe Slovo, the Zionist Helen Sussman and all the other South African Zionists who willingly gave of their lives and freedom to end apartheid. Be ashamed, be very ashamed.
She should get a medal for defending Israel from terrorists and for defending Palestinians as much as possible while killing said terrorists. Every Hamas member however should be tried at the Hague.
She should be sent to Chikeroubie prison in Zimbabwe. Just like Mike Hoare
An adultress of my acquaintance once told the aggrieved wife: "All I wanted was to be friends with you both". I suppose all Livni wated was to be friends with the Palestinians seeking justice and she thought Cast Lead might be a nice way to achieve it.
Livni. "She thought that Cast Lead might be a nice way to achieve it" ....The human mint: cannot grasp huge numbers,especially of killings. Take the NATO forces in Iraq & Afghanistan,The other side says that NATO has killed & maimed over One Million Iraquis & Afghans. Do you hear about them every single day ? Do some of the talkbackers dote on their tragedy in every post./ Of course not. Ah But Israel for every fart that she blows,there are always those from far & wide coming to sniff around.
If she is suspected of war crimes, namely those identified in the Goldstone report, then there is cause to have her arrested.
I suggest you look at the war crimes commited by UK forces in Iraq and Afghanistan in the last 20 years, they far out weigh anything Israel might have done in the cast lead operation.
Arrest them, see if I care. Blair first please.
So others war crimes justify Israel's? All war crimes are to be condemned. Why are Israel's crimes to be defended? What is your justification?
IN IRAQ AND AFGAHNISTAN
For killing civilians in Germany ,Yugoslavia,Iraq ,AfghaNISTAN
Funny that you chose Blair as a scapegoat. He didn't order the killing of all the civilians in Northern Ireland, the war against Argentina over stolen islands (and the execution of Argentinian POWs by Gurkha mercenaries - no mercenaries in the IDF), the two Iraq invasions, the Afghanistan invasions... After the wars Blair was even re-elected. Then came Brown, and now Cameron.... And you are still killing people in Afghanistan. Blair couldn't have sent the army on his own. Arrest him, the people who voted for him, your queen, the military....