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Sunday, August 23, 2015
Over 76,000 sign UK petition to arrest Netanyahu
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleMore than 76,000 people sign a petition started this month on the British Parliament’s website calling for the arrest of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for alleged war crimes in Gaza.
Netanyahu is slated to be in the UK on a state visit in September.
A petition that garners 100,000 signatures is considered for debate in Parliament.
The UK government responds to the petition by noting that as a visiting prime minister Netanyahu is entitled to “inviolability and complete immunity from criminal jurisdiction,” and defending Israel’s right to respond to “the terrorist tactics of Hamas who fired rockets on Israel, built extensive tunnels to kidnap and murder, and repeatedly refused to accept ceasefires.”
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