Israeli general not safe from arrest
The Independent UK
Date: 09-18-05
By Eric Silver in Jerusalem
Scotland Yard has returned an arrest warrant issued against Doron Almog, a retired Israeli general accused by campaigners of war crimes in the Gaza Strip. But General Almog, who ordered 59 houses to be destroyed in Rafah in 2002, is not off the hook. Raji Sourani, director of the Gaza-based Palestinian Centre for Human Rights, said: "That doesn't mean that in any future occasion when he is arriving in the United Kingdom, this warrant can't be issued again."
The warrant was returned to the issuing court in Britain for "technical and procedural" reasons, after General Almog had left the jurisdiction. He flew back to Israel from Heathrow on Sunday last week without leaving the El Al flight that had brought him to the UK.
Tony Blair promised to "look into" the matter after Ariel Sharon, the Israeli Prime Minister, raised it during a meeting at the United Nations in New York. When Mr Blair invited him to visit London, Mr Sharon joked that he might finish up behind bars.
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