British court issues warrant against Israeli for war crimes

Melanie Phillips:

Those who believe that supra-national jurisdiction and the internationalisation of ‘human rights’ law betoken an elevated sphere of being and the imminent establishment of utopia will no doubt be cheering on the fact that soldiers trying to defend their citizens from genocidal attack can no longer set foot in Britain for fear of being arrested on charges of war crimes.

Israel’s Maj.-Gen. Doron Almog who flew to Britain to raise money for a charitable cause, was warned by Israel’s ambassador to London not to disembark from his El Al flight at Heathrow because British detectives were waiting to arrest him. The arrest warrant had been issued on Saturday by the Bow Street Magistrate's Court at the request of a pro-Palestinian group. The warrant alleged that in 2002 Almog had ordered the demolition of 59 Palestinian homes in Rafah. Gen. Almog decided not to alight from the plane, and remained aboard until it turned around and returned to Israel.