Zionist Union MK Tzipi Livni, visiting London to attend a Haaretz conference, is summoned for questioning by Scotland Yard on suspicion of involvement in alleged war crimes in the Gaza Strip.
The former foreign mister was in office during the 2008-2009 Operation Cast Lead.
After diplomatic talks between London and Jerusalem, Livni is granted immunity and the summons is dropped.
“We don’t summon UK ministers for questioning and we expect the same for Israeli ministers here,” says Livni at the conference, according to Haaretz.
In 2009, ahead of a planned visit by Livni, a British court issued a warrant for Livni’s arrest over alleged war crimes committed by the IDF during the three-week conflict. In the end Livni did not go through with the trip, and the threat of an arrest kept her out of the UK until authorities in 2011 granted automatic immunity to all Israelis on official visits to Britain, but not for personal trips.
Zionist Union MK Tzipi Livni on November 16, 2015 (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
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