Foreign Ministry outraged over U.K. arrest warrant against Livni

Clearly arrest warrants are having an effect. Now Israel should issue arrest warrants for UK government officials for war crimes in Iraq, Afghanistan, Burma, Yemen, the Falklands and other places. Let's not leave members of the current Obama administration out. Arrest warrants should be issued also for Lebanese, Turkish and UN officials.

Barnie Frank, Chris Dodd are experts on law pervesions, they've done it many a time to protect theirs and their cronies backsides Sorry, forgot to mention Charlie Rangel, who writes the Tax Laws

When you change the law to accommodate the guilty, is it still the law?

you do the time, behind walls, so you can't do anymore damage Please, no more baloney about women & children, Hamas bragged about their intentionally using them for that very purpose If Hamas had heeded Israel's warnings, to cease and desist from firing their rockets into Israel (more than 8000 in about six years), Isreal wouldn't have found it necessary to mount Operation Cast Lead Next time don't foul your own nest by keeping your families around to shield your cowardly carcasses Here's what Hamas said, enjoy the view http://www.jihadwatch.org/2008/03/hamas-mp-we-used-women-and-children-as-human-shields.html

Perhaps if the charges were investigated by a neutral, respected international tribunal and found groundless, such international activity against Israeli leaders may stop. If Israel will not cooperate with a neutral international investigation, why should the world accept exoneration by internal Israeli investigations when scenes of the destruction in Gaza have been so widely circulated. If Israel does not need the rest of the world, it can ignore them. If Israel wants to be part of a community of nations, it needs to refute evidence that on its face seems to show that Israel did not behave in accordance with accepted international norms.

Canada should adapt same policies and arrest all war criminals including Israelis upon arrival. we in Canadian political parties should put that in our agenda. we now have al-jazeera in Canada, something Israeli friendly groups have stopped airing in Canada for a long time!!

Thank you, British justice department! Now, fulfill your legal duty, and issue arrest warrants for the the political, judicial, military and intelligence officials of the United States and Britain who authorized, planned, attempted to justify and ordered the immoral and illegal invasion and occupation of Afghanistan, Iraq and Pakistan and the torture of prisoners--most of whom have been non-belligerents--from those conflicts. The Chilcot inquiry in your country like the inquiries of other nations and the investigations of journalists, human rights and humanitarian organizations are amassing overwhelming bodies of evidence of the worst crimes known to humankind against many past and current leaders in Israel, the United States and Britain. Do not tolerate the continued subversion of our nations and the extraction of our wealth for the uncritical and unqualified support of apartied and genocide in Palestine and for the theft of petroleum in southwest Asia!

Just as I said. She turned her back on Jews in Jewish Israel and Jewish Palestine. We should turn our backs on her.

Break off diplomatic relations with the UK. Simple solution...that will lead to changes in behavior of the UK. Arrogance should not be rewarded... Harry

It seems to me that the Israel haters in Britain can get away with this is because there is legislation that lets them do it. I have a feeling that the Kneset has never enacted similar legislation to allow foreign suspects of war crime in other countries to be dealt with by Israel's courts. So the first step is for the Mr Netanyahu to bring similar legislation to the Kneset and come good on his promise to protect IDF members and Israel's cabinet ministers.If ministers in countries like the UK see that there is the possibility of reciprocal action by Israel against them,they won't be so quick to persecute Israelis. THREE CHEERS FOR ISRAEL!!!

Its amazing how far globally we have fallen. When our allies do not recognize right from wrong. When our own allies can not determine what is in their best interest it. They are so politically correct they cant even defend themselves. They have let an evil in to their lands that they are going to have a hard time removing. Its biblical (I am Christian) in proportions as to what is occuring around the world. When the United States continues to sit on its hands when a Nuclear powered Iran would have grave consequences for our allies/Israel. Britain another one of our allies even considering doing something like this to Livni is another sign of the times and is so blatantly obvious that the world in dire straits.

What's wrong with the British?!! Why can't they stop meddling in Israel's affairs. If they continue to poke their nose, Israel should issue an arrest warrant against their leaders for their involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan. Israel, stop all the ties with the UK. Long live Israel.

How can you imagine to live in a cage surrounded by guns and barricades and furthermore bombed and shelled with no discrimination of children or women or civilians ... Oneday will come when the Israeli's will pay the price for the blood and lives they have taken. Good work Britain. and hope the World will follow...

As you say, evil will self-destruct. It's already underway in Israel.

you are extremely naive. the palestinians do not differentiate between livni and netanyahu. to them, they are one and the same.

has to understand UK and EU are ruled by muslims,

even Goldstone must be laughing when we know what he said about legal issue of his report. British court is just another victim that bowed to the pro-Palestinian pressure,but who can blame them if they were opposed to a such violent people who sacrificed own people to make some propaganda gains? Important that Palestinians and their lackeys are happy and that the lives of innocent English civilians were spared for now. There is a new reality in England that the court knows well.You don't discuss with terrorists and their lackeys.You just obey.And that is what the court did.

being that the most damning of the alleged crimes took place during the land invasion of gaza by idf forces, and; that barak wanted the assault ended after a few days, and; that livni opposed the land invasion, and; that it was olmert who insisted on carrying it through to its ultimate extent... there would be no case against barak at all, and; not much of one, if any, against livni, and; olmert alone bears the burden of the bulk of any alleged war crimes committed.

Tuvea, you seem to have very deep personal emotions for both countries, USA and Israel... BUT realistically speaking, dual nationality being similar to having two wives, sooner or later you will not be able to justice to both and one relationship will suffer or more probably both... A dog who wants a second bone will lose both. If I were teh leader of any country, I would not allow one group of my citizens to have such relationship with another country as with mine... especuially not to fight in another's army etc... The USA government is itself UNDER OCCUPATION... Many now are now predicting martial law will be declared soon when the people realise just how 'promiscuous' the government has become and begin to vocalise more strongly there discontent etc.

You make it sound as though Israel was against the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan....? I don't think so!

Its about time for Israel to respond to this harrassment as any other country would do. It is standard diplomatic practice to respond in kind to other countries actions. When an ambassador is expelled by one country, the country which he represents then expels the ambassador from that country. The British will change their policy quickly if they are denied access for their diplomats to the holy land. Let the Israeli courts issue arrest warrants for British leaders for war crimes in Iraq and Afganistan, where far more people were killed than in Gaza.

I doubt whether any Hamas leader has any interest in travelling to the UK. If they did, I am sure some Jewish group would successfully bring about a warrent for their arrest in just the same way as Pro-Palestinian groups have acted against Livni.

I doubt whether any Hamas leader has any interest in travelling to the UK. If they did, I am sure some Jewish group would successfully bring about a warrent for their arrest in just the same way as Pro-Palestinian groups have acted against Livni.

I like Tzipi Livni. Intelligent, straight shooter, and good looking.

No doubt the kapo editors of Haaretz supplied hundreds of pages of information to the court so that the FM would be charged with war crimes. Another instance of the orgy goers in Tel Aviv partying while their country burns. Do you guys REALLY think your Arab buddies are NOT going to throw you - and your family - into the death camps when they take over your former country? Oh - that's right - you all have kept your American citizenship so you can go back home and try to destroy MY country too. Feh! You people know absolutely no shame. The dishonor you bring to yourselves is astounding!

Forgot about the five dancing Israelis? Forgot the Liberty? Cole? 911? Got a case of Irguitis?,Sternitis?,Hagganhitis? Israel is the defacto purveyor of false flag terrorism. Lavon, King David? Busted for trying to blow things up and blame the Arabs. I'm afraid you are defending the indefensible. Israel is now on conquered land, conquered by Rothschild psychotic cabal, that wishes to control all MidEast energy. You are a deluded fool that needs an education and some truthful common sense.

it's always easy to flex your muscels on poor helpless,unarmed group of prople,,and call it victory as happened jn Gaza and saudi Arabia,shameful.

Ridiculous. Gazans got what they deserved when they voted in a terrorist gov't. Do not blame the messenger (Livni and Israel) for delivering what needed to be delivered.

Armchair terrorists are rejoicing.

Yes there is a God and what goes around eventually comes around. but at the end these settlers will not only hurt themselves but also hurt all the descent Jews as well

and seeing a big trend to dehumanize and delgitimize Israel. Wow. Let them celebrate. Obviously they have not learned history. Evil will self-destruct as usual.

being that the most damning of the alleged crimes took place during the land invasion of gaza by idf forces, and; that barak wanted the assault ended after a few days, and; that livni opposed the land invasion, and; that it was olmert who insisted on carrying it through to its ultimate extent... there would be no case against barak at all, and; not much of one, if any, against livni, and; olmert alone bears the burden of the bulk of any alleged war crimes committed.

When I was young the people in the South who opposed change and felt Jim Crow was the natural order claimed black people living there would be happy with the way things were if it weren't for agitators who stirred them up. Later the Afrakaans in South Africa used the same lines with similar lack of effect. It's a shame to see the same tired old line trotted out again; can't you come up with a new lie?

See? You can't expect to be able to play the victim forever, Israel. You need to be held accountable for your actions. The abused child grows up to become the abusive parent.........

First, international law has application to bandits such as the Gazans. Just look at Somalia. Are you telling me that international law has nothing to say about the pirates that kidnap and steal. Yes, the domestic government is responsible and their is a domestic government. Hamas, even democratically elected. Its involvement in attacks on Israelies is an indisputable war crime. Second, no rules, either domestic Israeli rules, international rules or even Gazan rules were broken. Each one of these jurisdictions recognizes a vigorous right of self defence in which the defender doesn't have to measure with nicety their response to violence. Two can play the game the Pals play, so we look forward to the travels and travails of the Pals and their allies throughout the Arab world.

"@#1 Hamas are minor thugs compared to the War Criminals in Tel Av" How many Israelis blew themselves up in peaceful Palestinian public places? NONE.

"If not for Israeli occupation of Palestine, combined with American support for every Israeli crime against humanity, there would have been no 9/11." If not for the Arab attacks against Jews in 1920... If not for the Arab attacks against Jews in 1929... If not for the Arab attacks against Jews in 1948... If not for the Arab attacks against Jews in 1967... There would be no occupation.

"wouldnt you pursue a nazi criminal, why not israeli criminal" Jews weren't lobbing rockets into Germany, Einstein.

was in ending the Gaza war prematurely under international pressure before completely destroying the terrorist infrastructure. The Israeli Government should never have declared a cease fire until our forces returned home with Shallit alive and well. Mounting terrorist casualties would have led to Shallit's release; on the contrary, a release of a thousand terrorists and murderers only guarantees more Jews and Israelis will be taken hostage in all corners of the world and held for ransom.

Boycott everything British and make sure things in Israel are labeled Palestinian and Occupied so that we don't make the mistake of buying ANYTHING from the so called Palestinians

That would be the only logical response by self-respecting Anglo Jews who support the right of the Jewish Nation to defend itself from terrorist assault. Of course you can always move here and join your brothers that proudly serve in the IDF.

According to the website of the UK Embassy in Israel, Ambassador Tom Phillips arrived in 2006 "after serving for four years as the Director responsible for Afghanistan and South Asia at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. This job involved frequent travel to the region, particularly to Afghanistan." This was while Britain was bombing Afghanistan from the air and British troops were occupying the country on the ground. Surely His Excellency could be implicated in some war crimes. Maybe it's time for an Israeli court to issue a warrant for his arrest.

...have a warrant issued for Livni. This story, for those that care to read it, is that some third world Arab country SAID that there was a warrant. The London police deny the story. End of story.

Israel has no qualms about kidnapping Vanunu considering he was an Israeli and a traitor. In Europe he might have been seen as a hero but in Israel legally & morally he was a traitor. He was not though taken from London, he was tricked through a honey trap into going to Italy and it was from Italy he was taken. Israel also has no qualms about the fact that they snatched Eichman from Argentina and the fact the UN & Argentina were furious and condemning Israel doesn't mean that we had anything to say sorry for. Livni & Olmert went to war in retaliation for the actions of palestinians through their rocket attacks which were aimed at killing civilians. In Cast Lead Israel was targeting physical structures not humans. If there was going to be an air strike then there were leaflet drops made or SMS messages sent to phones saying we are going to bomb this area so leave it now. A Hamas terrorist gets that same warning about the bomb as everybody else so they can go into hiding.

Their progressive comrades will get the same and then some.Most leaders of the Islamic world won't be able to leave home. Britain & states that allow anybody with a quid to file will become places to be avoid,especially by the very people these fools think they are helping.

I remember my cousin telling me she had written to her MP because there were some MPS and Lords who were planning to have ( friendly ) video conferences with Hamas. There is a growing number of British politicians calling on the government to recognize Hamas & take them off the list of terror groups The British government has taken Hizbollah off the list of groups it is not willing to hold diplomatic relations with. Palestinian terrorists are looked on with sympathy What about Bashar Assad he proudly admits to supporting terror, his country is a safe haven to any terrorist worried about assasination but instead of condemning him the world says Israel give him the Golan Turkey are in NATO but they are being pretty vicious in Iraq right now instead they hold discussions about EU membership After Cast Lead everybody was desperate to talk about war crimes there was very little to be said about the fact that the palestinians provoked it Israel is always treated as the only bad guy

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5BD56H20091214 reuters confirms with details

Kudos to the UK for being on the right side of the issue for a change.

Israeli leaders and those in its armed forces that are accused of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity must be brought to face justice just like any other war criminals, but I'm sure the leadership of the British government will do anything within its power to subvert international law and allow accused Israeli war criminals to roam free rather than do the right thing.

It's important to understand the domestic political context in the UK. Before Operation Cast Lead, Britain's Labour government was working to fix the absurd law that allows private citizens to petition courts to issue war crimes arrest warrants based on universal jurisdiction. Every sane person in the government understands that this power should be reserved for state prosecutors. Since Cast Lead, these reform efforts have ceased because they've become too "controversial." Top Labour officials are afraid of offending the pro-Palestinian hard left within the party, which wants Israeli (and American) officials tried for war crimes. The leadership echelon in Labour is reasonably pro-Israel and pro-American, but the rank and file is not. Fortunately, the opposition Conservative Party is poised to win the next general election. The Tories are strongly pro-Israel, and hopefully they'll put a stop to this nonsense once they're in power.

did.You should have smelled the smoke and death from the WTC for over a year. the Israeli's left Gaza in hopes of peace and were bombarded with rockets for years. The difference is we will fight them and win because western civilization is the best thing that happened to this world. You have a history, of pacifism that is dangerous , that's how WW2 started and you should examine Ireland's role in WW2 or lack of it. From this side of the Atlantic it looks like Europe is in real trouble.

...go on quite well without you visiting the UK. We probably won't even notice. There are a great many Jews living happily in England, going to school,raising children, growing old and dying peacefully. You see, this is not at all about Jews. It's about Israeli war crimes and the perpetrators thereof.

Great journalism guys!!

Greetings from Bethlehem. The streets are full of light, the carols ring out and the tourists are filling the hotels. The people here are PALESTINIAN - Christian and Moslem. All Arabs identify themselves as Jordanians, Lebanese, Syrian etc and are proud to do so. Forget the Zionist myths - Palestinians are here to stay!

Most of the British government probably need to be made accountable for the Iraq war - perhaps they will be arrested if they travel to Iraq one day. Israel had no qualms about kidnapping Vanunu on the streets of London, by the way. Knutsford is my home town, by the way!

why don't Hamas leader get arrest warrants? simple, Israel is an established country with rules, those rules were broken in Gaza last winter, people who issued the orders to break those rules are criminals. Hamas on the other hand, is not, this makes it easier for them to avoid arrest warrants because they are not an established, advanced and democratic country. Israel and it's leader will be held responsible for their actions in Gaza.

The American People guy claims that, "not all the terrorists bombs, all the suicide bombings, all the attacks on Israeli`s in the since the first intifada, do not add up to the number of civilians killed by Livni in Operation Cast Lead. That is why she is a war criminal." Wrong, this does not make someone a war criminal. Under this analysis, all the US government and military officials who took part in WW2 are war criminals for what happened during WW2. A war criminal is someone who knowingly kills civilians instead of killing combatants. A good example of a war criminal is Hamas, Fatah, Islamic Jihad etc. and their leaders.

chris linthwaite wonderful to read your little post.now let me tell you something about the british soldiers in basra. the latest case involve i fear your soldiers sodimising iraqi boys in basra.not sure if that is a war crime or just plain old sodomy. another case involves one sergeant paine.honestly. he formed his platoon into a "choir of paine". he tortured iraqi men in the most abominable fashion. chris our soldiers do not do this stuff.we instead spend our time telephoning gazans to leave buildings in our line of fire.

LIVNI. Challenge them ! Don't be afraid.They can't touch you,& if they do the roof of the world will fall upon them. There'll be such an outcry in the world that they'll never dare to touch another Israeli ! It's better that a woman should blaze the trail ! You have honour.You are the leader of a big party. Go! & don't make lame excuses ! Others will follow after you . Go !

the financial times in london hates the jews and hates israel.the worst sections of the newspaper is undoubtedly the editorial penned by one david gardner. why is the ft so out front about its hatred?who knows.four of its top columnists are jews.why are they silent?

There are certainly many of them in Israel, a lot of whom I am privileged to call my friends. None of these legitimate honest Israelis are or have ever been in leadership roles in Israeli government circles. Which is why they don't fear travelling to the UK or any part of Europe since only war criminals are at risk of arrest.

60 years takes us back to the creation of Israel. Your complaint should be directed at the U.N., as much as Israel herself. Its time to suicide bomb and rocket all the countries that voted to give Israel and Jews their land back. Quite clearly the Israelies are correct. The Pal vision leaves no room whatever for Jews in the homeland from which they were turfed and which was subsequently occupied. Nothing new in that. The Israelies have been operating under the assumption, one that has been corroborated thousands of times, that this is the agenda of the Pals and Arab peoples. Thankfully Israel is realistic and willing and able to fight in her defence.

Terrorist pilot Mohammad Atta blew up a bus in Israel in 1986. The Israelis captured, tried and imprisoned him. As part of the Oslo agreement with the PalestiniANS and in 1993, Israel had to agree to release so-called 'political prisoners.' However, the Israelis would not release any with blood on their hands, The American President at the time, Bill Clinton, and his Secretary of State, Warren Christopher, 'insisted' that all prisoners be released. Thus Mohammad Atta was freed and eventually thanked us by flying an airplane into Tower One of the World Trade Center ... This was reported by many of the American TV networks at the time that the terrorists were first identified. It was censored in the US from all later reports. It was not an Israeli Plot these are thefacts.

Israel; has no choice but to sever all diplomatic ties with the UK and insist they be taken off all negotiations teams relating to renewed peace talks--if they ever happen. This is the only possible answer to increased anti-Israel actions by their country and courts.

Also, he can't go very far at all outside Syria, just like Livni :)

Labras: "We want all war criminals arrested---that is the difference between you and us". If only that were true. But your posts prove otherwise. They make it clear that you will blame Israel wherever possible and ignore the fact that were it not for the support of people like yourself given to war criminals like those of Hamas and Hezbollah, then the people of Lebanon, Gaza, West Bank and Israel would be living in peace and focused on their future. Enough with the aggitation.

At this point, I genuinely hate the UK. I'll never set foot in a UK country. I'll save my tourist dollars for elsewhere. I'm done.

This harassment by influential Arab groups in London backed by Saudi oil money harass legitimate honest Israelis while Arab war criminals world wide travel freely as well as the Iranian leader. This harassment must be made illegal and is a form of war.

she said she was proud to do whatever she been accused of since she serves the country sound familiar

read the "quality" newspapers in europe to get a taste of jew hatred in europe.poll after poll has shown huge numbers of europeans with massive animosity for jews. so it is more of the same.israel is the most beautiful country in the world.why leave it? the only people who need to go abroad are our high tech salesmen who have been doing wonderful business selling to the gentiles. as fot the younger generation there is thailand nepal india and latin america to visit.why visit the continent that killed our millions?

There are many Cypriot Greeks that consider Bulent Ecevit (the PM whom you consider the conqueror of Cyprus - Kibris fatihi) a war criminal as well as the Turkish commanders who fought the war based on the mass graves found in Cyprus this past summer. Are you ready to send the officers who are still alive to face criminal charges in Cyprus for these atrocities? Most Turks and I am sure you too will say that Greeks attacked and killed Turks in Cyprus therfore Ecevit protected the Turks in a defensive war. Well Mehmet; Hamas was launching rockets daily to Israel killing civilians, young and innocent children like Dorit Benisian and Yuval Abebeh. What do you expect Israel's leaders and military do? Why didn't Erdogan say VAN MINUT to Hamas at that time?

Arafat was fighting for the right of his people for the land that was stolen by Israel!!

Despite our enemies who wish to destroy her, We have much to be proud of and to celebrate. In fact, The nations of the world should thank G-d for us. What we?ve given to the world over the past 60 years in the fields of science, medicine, technology, the arts and academia is immeasurable, miraculous even. Sir Winston Churchill, ?Some people like Jews and some do not, but no thoughtful man can doubt the fact that they are beyond all question the most formidable and the most remarkable race which has ever appeared in the world." (Martin Gilbert, Churchill and the Jews) This is nothing less than a modern blood libel; instead of Jews murdering Gentile children to make matzo, we are poisoning the wells of the poor, terrorist Palestinians. In fact, since you?re so distressed and upset by our existence, here?s a suggestion for you: stop using your mobile phone, your computer, many medications, and a long list of other daily inventions from the hard labor and works of the Jews of the State of Israel. There is no history of who started all the wars, why the Palestinians fled, and their continued war against the Jewish democratic state since its inception, and the continued, daily barrage of deadly rocket fire by the terrorists of Hamas in Gaza (which Israel pulled out of in 2005, to her great detriment) upon the people of Sderot. This is a one-sided piece of Arab propaganda, without an Israeli counterpoint or narrative; it wouldn?t even pass in a Journalism 101 course.

If Arab Muslims were so concerned about Gazans, they would have prevented Hamas et al from firing rockets into Israel, year after year, but no, they didn't. Admit it, Arab Muslims, you don't give a diddley darn about the Gazans!!!!!!!! Most of us would not let our kids get away with this childish behavior, so why should we let these politicized UK Muslims get away with it? Bah! Humbug!

I am not a sovereign state. You are guilty of precisely what Israel does when it is confronted with fact. You attack the messenger, disparage and caharater assasinate. Let me know if you would like a detailed list of the lies that Israel has ben caught in over the years, regarding settlements, regarding Baram and Ikrit, regarding its misuse of sources. It is mind boggling the things Israel can think up in defence of its occupational policies.

"Many of us doubt that and are pretty suspicious that Israel`s finger was in there somewhere" perhaps you should be made aware of my recent post to Haaretz...errorist pilot Mohammad Atta blew up a bus in Israel in 1986. The Israelis captured, tried and imprisoned him. As part of the Oslo agreement with the PalestiniANS and in 1993, Israel had to agree to release so-called 'political prisoners.' However, the Israelis would not release any with blood on their hands, The American President at the time, Bill Clinton, and his Secretary of State, Warren Christopher, 'insisted' that all prisoners be released. Thus Mohammad Atta was freed and eventually thanked us by flying an airplane into Tower One of the World Trade Center ... This was reported by many of the American TV networks at the time that the terrorists were first identified. It was censored in the US from all later reports. what finger was that again?????

"This move is largely symbolic. It shows that the U.K. has taken official notice of the war crimes committed by Israel" To quote this Haaretz newsflash to both of you ...Israel's ambassador to London, Ron Prosor, conferred with officials in the British Ministry of Justice who told him that they were unaware of any criminal complaint or arrest warrant against the former foreign minister. but you did try your best to be ignorant again

living in california runn ing his chicken mouth...make aliyah and dont come back liar

As far as I'm aware,kidnapping is a crime in all civilised countries.Yet Ismail Hanniah and the rest of his Hamas thugs,who openly demand ransom for Gilad Shallit,aren't just free to go where they wish,they're even treated like trusted,respected diplomats,especially by the Egyptian government. It's about time that Interpol issued arrest warrants for these kidnappers and their helpers.Instead the world prefers to criminalize Israelis because they have the nerve to fight back against terrorism. First step:Tony Blair persona non grata in Israel. Now I think about it,a lot of people are calling Blair a war criminal for the lies he told to justify Britain's involvement in the Iraq campaign.Is it possible to deal with him if he enters Israel again? Now you know why I detest my own government. THREE CHEERS FOR ISRAEL!!!

... even then the idea that the message might 'penetrate' the closed 'Israel-is-always-right' mind is hopeless!

Let me explain it to you, Mark. It's called diplomacy.

Let us arrest the British leaders for bombing BElgrade / Serbia, Iraq and Afghanistan.

Gee, I know a lot of Arabs and Muslims, and I've never heard a single one of them identify himself that way. Even in Israel they are proud to call themselves Palestinian, which of course they are. They actually belong to the land of Palestine, as opposed to most of the land's resident Jews who are imports from Europe and have no connection to Palestine.

BY what you are saying every Jew has a right to attack those thar believe in Allaha. It is theJew in Isreal that is suffering from bus bombings, bomings of hoidsy dinners. It Israel that has been attacked over and over again by the Muslim nations.It is Israel that gave back the Sini. and the Gaza strip only to be shelled from Gaza.IT wasnt a Jew who blew up subway in England. IT WASNT A JEW THAT FLEW PLAN INTO WORLD TRADE CENTER Yet the British have allowed the pro Pal group to issue a warrent against an Israel offical.

If not for Israeli occupation of Palestine, combined with American support for every Israeli crime against humanity, there would have been no 9/11. And that's if you even believe it was actually those Saudis accused of being responsible for 9/11. Many of us doubt that and are pretty suspicious that Israel's finger was in there somewhere.

"Israel has honed lying into a craft of its own." After all Yaakov being a good X IDF man you would know that. Tred Carefully yourself as you have been caught in a few lies yourself.

criminals got to be punished

your punishment in hell is forever

Countries such as SHitler's favorite IRAN, or The Egypt of Abdullah Nasser. all arab countries who will not allow jews because they are Jews (notice I did not say Israelis) Iranian War Criminals Syrian war Criminals , all these threw out their Jewish populations. It is a two way street.

criminl isreali stole the land killed its people for 60 years

No one is making Meshal or Hamas out to be Palestinian Quakers. You set that up as a comparison. But Livni and her pack have big weapons with far more killing power than katyushas and qassams. Issrael employs a policy of 10 of yours for everyone of ours. They target and in doing so also kill indiscrimantly and then lie about it and call their occupational military the most moral in the world.

err, you must mean your leaders Haniye, Nasrallah & Mashaal?

Terrorist pilot Mohammad Atta blew up a bus in Israel in 1986. The Israelis captured, tried and imprisoned him. As part of the Oslo agreement with the PalestiniANS and in 1993, Israel had to agree to release so-called 'political prisoners.' However, the Israelis would not release any with blood on their hands, The American President at the time, Bill Clinton, and his Secretary of State, Warren Christopher, 'insisted' that all prisoners be released. Thus Mohammad Atta was freed and eventually thanked us by flying an airplane into Tower One of the World Trade Center ... This was reported by many of the American TV networks at the time that the terrorists were first identified. It was censored in the US from all later reports. .... but then that is ok by US standards

This move is largely symbolic. It shows that the U.K. has taken official notice of the war crimes committed by Israel and has actually taken some action. This is a big step forward from America and other nations who are made uncommfortable by Israels actions but say nothing and do nothing. This same "see no evil, speak no evil, hear no evil" attitude was employed by some of the same nations and it led to the holocaust and world war 2. Kudos to the U.K. for leading the war.

If you understand Arabs and their views on politics, religion, ethnics, morals, etc etc ... lies are the quintessential ingredient to achieving the goal of total domination. Re-write history, ignore facts, education based on lies becomes indoctrination. Lies are sold as fact, and skeptical thinking is forbidden in their culture. Anyone who knows would agree. Its all one lie to put themselves on top.

Have you also considered the fact that this world isnot as ideal?!!!! People dont always have to be guilty of something in order to get convicted!

Israel tries so hard to be accepted by the international community...then, anti-semitism rears its ugly head: again and again. Irans sick president is allowed to come to the UN after committing horrible crimes yet he's welcomed with open arms. The europeans and english are so confused...maybe they're shell-shocked from all the wars and colonization they perpetrated??? Maybe we should be greatful that they're 'softies' now and only use 'PC diplomacy' as a weapon. Hate to see europe and the UK doing their 'war thing' again...he-he. Miss Livni, you don't need to go to the gray, rainy UK: the food is bad and their manners are worse. Stay home and hang with 'your' people. Who needs fanatics?

Israel has honed lying into a craft of its own. It's propaganda machine is non pareil. But more and more are coming to uderstand it as such. Operation Cast Lead pushed it over the wall. The cat is out of the bag. More and more. Israelis will be wary of travelling abroad.

....anywhere around the world, without fear of being arrested, then Israel starts having more than only a little problem. Maybe time for the average Israeli citizen to start with some critical self-reflection with regard to Israels (political) conduct over the past 2 decades...???

I am interested to know who's responsible for more death and injury, Livni or Meshaal?

If I were Israeli, I'd be very, very embarrassed by this act of cowardice by a leader.

Here let me help you: "Israel's ambassador to London, Ron Prosor, conferred with officials in the British Ministry of Justice who told him that they were unaware of any criminal complaint or arrest warrant against the former foreign minister." So who are you congratulating?? This was more proof that Arab sourced(Al-Quds Al-Arabi claimed) stories are not reliable. Again we see Arab media cannot be trusted to print the truth, file this with the Pallywood video, fake Gaza beach bomb, photo fraud from Lebanon 2007, fake Jennin massacre and the almost endless list of fabrication.

Golda Meir sort of decided on going down the route of extra judicial killing didn't you watch Munich? It is really rather very simple if Livni doesn't come to the United Kingdom she won't get arrested, although the warrant also applies to the European union, not to mention the Commonwealth oh, and we have a special extradition treaty with the United States. Best she stays in Israel until she is re-elected to the government then she has diplomatic immunity. That won't work in this case either because she would have to pitch up in front of the Queen and we'll arrest her between Heathrow and Buck House. Probably opposite Regent Park mosque. Always good to let the potential jihadis know we are on their side been Eurabia n all. Just as a matter of interest is the Israeli Defence Force in Afghanistan, coz 10,000 Brit troops are and if you object we'll withdraw and let the IDF take their place.

anyone who kills innocent people should not be allowed to escape justice. Previous history of victimization is no excuse to commit crimes against others.

and rumsfeld. We want all war criminals arrested---that is the difference between you and us. You want to let yours off the hook.

Excuse me? And the connexion is?? Operation Cast Lead cross a line, involving war crimes. What does that have to do with 9/11 or terrorism? Israel has created its own problems and now is bearing the conseuqeuences as it entrenches its occupation and ethnocracy. Take it up with them but please stop with these false attributions.

I am sure one day all war criminals will be brought to justice (Israelis and others from around the world). European WW II criminals were brought to justice and jews were compensated although late... this should be a sign for Bibi and others... you can't mess with humans, please read carefully the Rome Statute of the ICC and ask your lawyers to be prepared...

As usual look at the source(Al-Quds Al-Arabi claimed) of this story. When will people learn when the source is Pro-Pal it's meaningless. As stated later in the article it is completely FALSE. "Israel's ambassador to London, Ron Prosor, conferred with officials in the British Ministry of Justice who told him that they were unaware of any criminal complaint or arrest warrant against the former foreign minister." But the Pro-Pal( Muslim) source got this story out even though it's NOT true. More Pallywood. What will people remember that a arrest warrant was issued for Livni or the fact that it's a BS story to make Israel look bad. Israel seems to always lose the PR game. The silver lining is: As we see most of the time Arab media cannot be trusted to print the truth. What does that tell you about their cause? If you have ti lie to gain world sympathy...???

This is the highest ranking former Israel officials who were being threaten of arrest in a European country.

Why wasn't Arafat ever arrested? Or Abbas for the Munich Olympics attacks? Hypocritical British legal system.

UK is not a country renowned for arresting innocent people upon their arrival. For example Samir Kuntar also faces a similar situation in the UK, I do not think Israelis would disagree that. Pinochet also risked his skin in the UK and saved by Margie under very dubious circumstances. So UK tries to arrest people like Kuntar and Pinochet and if they now say Livni, they should know something.

Don't get me wrong. By comparison with some we're squeeky clean. However our Politicians are corrupt and our society is in decline. Here in London we all love each either but you'd stand on your neighbours head to get home to see the X Factor. The Police are fed up pulling up middle class drivers when they should be pulling knives out of heads, The teachers are pulling their hair out for targets, but the National Health System still won't kill you,if you can afford it that is. Yes every part of our system is corrupt. All this would be OK if they just arrested Brown and Blair for War Crimes. While Obama sends thousands more troops to murder and be murdered in Afghanistan, we will hail him a Hero and Peacenik. That is until we learn that Brown has also committed more troops. Now we are confused. Help us Tony, Ken and George Galloway. Are we Crazy or What?

And it is going to get uglier and uglier. But, then, again, that's what Israeli leaders have to look forward to. Stay locked into their own hell. They wanted it this way. The chickens are coming home to roost. Is Tel Aviv a good place to hang out if you can't get to London, Paris, Rome, Berlin...because they'll grab you and throw you behind bars in those places? Stay tuned.

Goldstone report once submitted to ICC .

Your "great people of Palestine" -- who were NEVER a people until 1948 (and it's still quite a matter of debate, since most Palestinians primarily identify themselves as Arabs and Muslims rather than Palestinians) have no concept of justice, however much you scream that you want it. Because your sense of justice is to create injustice for the Jews. You refuse to recognize the long and deep Jewish ties to Israel (that's why the Waqf in Jerusalem manically tries to destroy all artifacts of Jewish culture they uncover, an act akin to archaeological piracy and rape). The Torah teaches that you must pursue a "just justice," and the Mishnah says that any judgment without compromise contains no peace. But your barbaric ideas have no understanding of that, only of destroying the other and complete victory. That is why you will never get "justice." And don't deserve it.

Quote " Livni issue backfires onto Pals... ... as Foreign Min she had conducted very conciliatory negotiations with the Pals concerning the advent of a Pal state and other issues of mutual interest..." . 2 states solution is against arab mideast plan . 2 states solution is only a stage for the arab mideast plan wich goal is to establish over all the land of Israel (to its last grain of sand) a Islamic Republic of Palestine intead of the Jewish State of Israel . The arrest warrant is part of the plan of Israel enemies to delegitimise Israel the state , its existence, authority and officials ; (keep in mind the anti-Israel Durban conferences , UNGA resolutions , the Goldstone mandate and report , the call to boycott Israel and to divide Jerusalem etc...) Simply put , Israelis have no say in the delegitimation process . The demonisation of Cast Lead counter terrorism operation say that no non-moslem nor even a dhimmi has a right to self defense against a moslem hence the issue of the arrest warrant . Consequently Israel enemies won't let the "Livni issue backfires onto Pals..." And so the U.K. (part of Eurabia) interests complies . Eurabia Interests say the hell with western values of right and wrong moreover when Israel has no oil , no gas , no gold . And Arabs whinning is constant and louder to europeans ears to comply with the arab plan against Israel .

We should arrest the vendors in the American malls too. They also served in the offensive against the Palestinians. They are under the cover of pretending that they sell "Dead sea skin care products". Check into it UK.

"According to the latest information reaching DEBKAfile, the embattled Yemen front saw a further escalation Dec. 13 when Saudi bombers targeted the village of al-Jabiri in the northern Yemeni province of Razeh. Seventy civilians were killed and scores injured - most of them women and children. Yemeni rebel leaders accuse the Saudis of dropping phosphorus bombs. Riyadh confirmed the bombardment but said the village was a rebel stronghold"

I think yours Hamas,Fatah OLP guys are having issues maybe we can send some them some Valium. We are democratic we do not like you bunch of criminal terrorist as we do not like Brits.

WArning to all UK Reps, there is a warrant for your arrest.. for the crimes you are executing in Iraq and Afgahnistan... and for covering up all stories of civilian casualties. Hypocrisy is counter productive... and quite shameful when your own neighbors look at you in the light of "occupiers". Appeasement is what led to WWII, and what will lead to WWIII. Chamberlain's legacy lives on!!!

All those anti-Israeli bloggers have quickly forgotten September 11 2001. When another one strikes and it will, they'll still be anti-semitic but anti terrorists also (I hope so anyway).

the brit wiil accord her justice like the rest of their accusee but the problem will be if extradition issue from other countries occur then the drag will start

Are you shure that your guys are exempt from the same medicine? How many civilian you killed in Afghanistan /Iraq, are they less valuable than the Palestinians or someone is only discriminating Israel as Jewish nation? Funny no one can giver a honest answer to this simple question.

Yes, 'zionist forever', of course T Blair should be arrested for war crimes, but this doesn't mean Livni is innocent of the same. Some of her statements on 'Cast Lead' have been brutal in the extreme and no doubt as a minister before and during the invasion she used her authority just as brutally. Gordon Brown and Tony Blair are just as pro-zionist as most British prime ministers have been. Both offered to become patrons of the JNF in Britain despite that organisation's being set up specifically to steal Palestinian land.

......You can not have it both ways !I f she didn't do something wrong why is she afraid to go ?

USA is happy to accommodate visiting war criminals.

Not all the terrorists bombs, all the suicide bombings, all the attacks on Israeli's in the since the first intifada, do not add up to the number of civilians killed by Livni in Operation Cast Lead. That is why she is a war criminal, that is why she is wanted for arrest. Not even Khaled Meshal has overseen a government that has killed as many civilians as Israel has.

Perfect, there goes the EU and GB chances of being a fair broker in peace talks. Bye Bye London, enjoy your new Mosques and the calling to prayers 6 x a day. Better convert know or you will be beheaded by your own govt. Truely a joke GB has become

Not surprising, extremists arab influence is spreading like can. only UK gov to blame for allowing UK policy to become anti-Semitic.

Though justice may not yet have been served, fear of justice is beginning to do its job nicely...

Livni is not a diplomat nor a government minister. Barak got away because he is one. People are arrested in the UK if there is sufficient evidence of criminality against them, no matter who they are. Is that not how it works in Israel?

If noting else, you show how strange Israeli logic can be. Someone invades their territory. They take it back. That to you is launching colonial war? Didn't the country that invaded them launch the war?

Yaakov Sullivan's nose.

Its amazing how criminals are always worried about who's over their shoulder. When you realize you stole something, you are never relaxed and you cannot sleep at night! Justice will eventually come to the great people of Palestine!

The Nazi card is old and cheap, work on something new. Livni should be brought to justice not by England but by the people of Israel for her partys cooperation in unfortunate, leftist pacifism towards the wrong group of people in the past 10 years, which has had its reprecussion. Say what you want whether it's having religion in common or not, these 'war crimes' are always, always, always in defense of the citizens of Israel, which is what puts OUR people lightyears ahead of the other guys. Should you use the really bland Nazi reference again, remember that Nazis had the intention to erradicate a religion and a culture. We just want these guys to stop blowing shit up.

according to the bush doctrine(oops, I meant the obama doctrine) which are one and the same, it seems obama has said that defacto, operation cast lead was justified...I mean, if obama can kill inncoent people in collateral damage in pakistan with drones, pakistan being a country who did not attack the US, then for sure Israel was justified in attacking a jihadi bunch of terrorists who in violation of war crimes definitions, consciously and deliberately targeted israeli civilians and this AFTER they were GIVEN gaza fully in 2005... seems like the messiah, obama, says it was ok for israel to go after hamas...ha! :-) there are NO civilians in gaza anyhow...only terrorists and their supporters who shield them. Hiding weapons and shooting rockets from within schools, mosques, hospitals and ambulances is PRECISELY what justifies israel's response and the nobel peace prize winner says so.

...who have cancelled their plans to travel to England...quickly...after warrants have been issued for their arrests! Never mind Livni! No-one will miss you in England, terrorist's daughter that you are!

"Just because you feel they are innocent merely because you have your religion in common and despise the Palestinians doesn't mean they are innocent" Absolutely I would never protect anyone just because they are the same religion as me. However I would protect Livni because as a representative of a democratically elected government she participated in succesfully trying to defend Israel's southern border. As was the Israel's right under international law. Oh and that border has been the quietest it has for the last 7 years so well done to her.

It's easy to see why Livni's parents didn't name her "Esther". Had she lived back then, there would be no Jews alive today and a descendant of Haman the Agagite would be on the throne in Jerusalem. Esther 4:14 For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father's house shall be destroyed: and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?

Of those Israeli leaders who are considered personae non grata outside thier borders. And the number of nations where arrest is a possibility is also growing. This means that the pro-Israel lobby is going to have to work that much harder as their job becmes increasingly impossible to do in the face of all the evidence.

You are right about the UK's governments refusal to change the law even though they are making sure no Israeli leader actually does get arrested as per my previous post. However rest assure I am voting tory.

This is how left wing that govt is they had Meshaal on video conference to members of the labour party who were in a room of the house of parliament.

Even Israli war criminals should not be above international law. It's about time bring them to justice.

I hardly agree with this countries policies of senseless killings and war mongering,but British law, allowing a foreign diplomat to be arrested for what they deem criminal is as ludicrous as any that exist. Why does Britain not take care of its hooligans its murderous knife violence and home grown terror problems before venturing beyond its borders as it has done so bloody well in Afghanistan.

Many more, G-d willing, shall be issued. Every criminal has his day in court, ours or His.

Chris--Israel pre-dates the Arab conquests. The apartheid in the region is the Islamic treatment, persecution, and expulsion of Christian minorities. Hatred and contempt such as yourself encourages the worst instincts of Palestinian absolutism--Palestinian blood is not on Israel's hands but on the hands of Hamas terrorists and their Western enablers.

Britain no so long ago launched collonial war against Argentina to recapture Falkland (Malvinas) Island, which resulted in death of hundreds of people. Where is arrest warrant for them? If Britain is concerned about killing Hamas terrorists, let they create Hamastan on their territory.

...regardless of who does it. The war had nothing to do with the security - it was a cynically calculated move from the Israeli government that wanted to save its face and win the elections. Ultimately, the war just increased Hamas' popularity among the Gazans.

I hope that next time envoy to the Middle East who also happens to be the highest paid envoy in the world Tony Blair will be arrested next time he decides he wants to visit Israel to demand concessions. This is the man that invaded Iraq and the arab / Israel problems look like a minor scirmish compared to that. There have been more civilians killed in Iraq than Israelis & arabs combined in the history of war against groups like Hamas & Hizbollah. Hamas & Hizbollah combined in the history of war against those groups There was a story on SKY NEWS today that Blair went to war in Iraq because he couldn't resist the temptation of all the glamour he would personally get on the world stage if he went to war. As much as I dislike Livni at least when she and Olmert went to war it was in the DEFENSE of Israel not for some foreign country that didn't affect England and there wasn't even a war in Iraq to begin with to justify the invasion. ARREST TONY BLAIR NOW NOT MAKE HIM MIDDLE EAST ENVOY

You have heard nothing yet. A day will come that no Israeli leader can travel abroad for having blood on their hands.

Israeli govt brought up the crazy situation and the govt went back on their word that they would change the law. Even Spain which has a far left govt did more to change things. Labour govt isn't freindly to Israel at all including Mr Brown. I hope you vote for the tories and kick this govt out. Israel leaders were saying that all we can do is hope that the next govt will change the law.

"Please rest assure that the British Government is doing it all it can to help. i.e Scotland Yard informing Livni before she travelled, Mofaz being issued with special status and Barak helped when he went to speak with Brown at the Labour friends of Israel meeting. The UK is powerless to stop Palestinian groups going through the courts but it is not in trying to protect Israeli leaders as clearly demonstrated." Curious , you seem proud of the fact that people are aiding someone to flee from justice. How would you like it if people began aiding murderers of your people, the nazis to flee from the arms of justice? Your people are no better than anyone else. Everyone should be free to seek justice. If your people can seek and hunt after Nazis that harmed your people decades ago, then the Palestinians have just as much right to do the same. Just because you feel they are innocent merely because you have your religion in common and despise the Palestinians doesnt mean they are innocent.

No Malone, nothing is wrong with that picture since the Western world is terrified of Muslims but certainly isn't afraid of Israeli Jews (or Jews in general). After all, you don't hear about the issue of Jewish immigration to France, England, Germany or the Netherlands, You don't hear about concerns over building a synagogue in Switzerland. But you will hear about that regarding Muslims, so better to threaten Israelis and award Hamasniks and Hizbullah loudmouths than arrest them.

with the number of pro-Israel/anti-totalitarian lawyers in the UK, why don't they issue arrest warrants for the hundreds of Arab leaders and their henchmen? Why are Jews, atheists, Hindus, Buddhists and Christians always afraid of the Jihadist Muslims? Fight fire with fire!!

At long last we are making inroads into ensuring that the instigators of Apartheid Israel with blood on their hands are not allowed to travel unrestricted to the United Kingdom. Israelis should realise they are pariahs and it is certainly not business as usual.

"Why did she not come, and show the British up for what they are?" Well come on Allan, you live in Manchester England, so you must know 'what the British are'? Why not share it with us? Presumably you're accusing us, in the tired old way of tired old Zionists whenevr anybody dares to criticise Israel, of being anti-semites. Got any evidence of that? Are you upset that Stacey Solomon only came third in X-Factor after being voted for by millions of Brits?

I think, this is the problem of Britain that its law allows harassment of foreign political leaders and military officers by hooligans from pro-Palestinian groups. These laws are very bad for the UK, for its image and for its international relations. Had I been a British, I would have acted to cancel these laws.

Go to England and get arrested. You will cause a tsunami that will wipe off all overt/covert british antisemitism in England. GO !!!!!!

If this is true, then it just proves what Am Y'sra'El knew during the last election; namely, that Livni is too cowardly to be PM and that her feet have always been planted firmly in the middle of the air.

How can radical Islamic leaders be allowed to travel the world and get a red carpet when they arrive and Livni cant even to to the UK! How do this people work that out?!? Its outrageous!?!

illegal blood stained produce being highlighted. Calling on Israel to halt it,s expansionist (ethnic cleansing) policies. The illegal settlers creating havoc inside the Zionist regime---possibly tearing it apart. Demanding an independent investigation into Israel,s criminal policies in Gaza. And now Israel,s war criminals unable to choose their vacation spot. There is a God.

Please rest assure that the British Government is doing it all it can to help. i.e Scotland Yard informing Livni before she travelled, Mofaz being issued with special status and Barak helped when he went to speak with Brown at the Labour friends of Israel meeting. The UK is powerless to stop Palestinian groups going through the courts but it is not in trying to protect Israeli leaders as clearly demonstrated.

Why did she not come, and show the British up for what they are? or maybe it will force the British to change their laws.

... as Foreign Min she had conducted very conciliatory negotiations with the Pals concerning the advent of a Pal state and other issues of mutual interest...

if the leaders are afraid,these arrest orders will never end. Livni mustn't fear!!!

Sorry Malone, but Mashaal travels in his own city under fear of assassination by Israel. I think that's a bit more restrictive. You've misplayed the victim card.

....terrorist group Hamas,can travel all over the world without fear of arrest. Something is wrong with this picture.