An anti-Israel journalist tried to accost a senior Israeli general who was on an official visit to London yesterday.
In a video shared by Declassified UK — a British investigatory news site — journalist Alex Morris can be seen approaching Maj. Gen. Oded Basiuk, the head of the IDF Operations Directorate, outside a building that houses a British security think tank, adjacent to the UK Ministry of Defence headquarters.
“General Basiuk, what did you discuss with the MoD?” Morris says as he approaches the IDF operations chief.
“Are you worried about the ICC investigating you for war crimes?” he says, as Basiuk heads inside the building.
Morris continues to shout: “Are you a war criminal, General Basiuk?”
The incident comes amid efforts by pro-Palestinian organizations to target Israeli soldiers and officers traveling abroad with criminal prosecution over the war against the Hamas terror group in Gaza.
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