**SS:** Retired Israeli general Doron Almog landed in Heathrow London, September 2005. He was tipped off by an Israeli Embassy official about a War Crimes warrant for his arrest. So, he remained on the plane until its departure back to Israel
What is so fucked up about it was *”UK counter-terrorism police had decided not to board the jet, fearing an attempt to do so might lead to a firefight on the tarmac at Heathrow.”*
What does that even mean? There would only be a “firefight” if both sides had weapons.
* Does that mean that Doron Almog smuggled firearms & ammunition onto the flight – and UK police knew about it?
* Does that mean that the Israeli embassy official smuggled firearms & ammunition onto the plane when he/she circumvented the regular airport security to circumvent UK criminal justice from happening – and UK police knew about it?
* Does that mean that Israel is not the close ally to UK that is portrayed in the mainstream media?
>When retired Israeli general Doron Almog boarded his flight from Tel Aviv on 11 September 2005, he expected to soon step foot on British soil.
>Minutes after landing at Heathrow airport, however, an Israeli embassy official boarded the plane and warned Almog to stay onboard.
>An arrest warrant had been issued for the former army chief over alleged war crimes committed in Gaza, and British police officers were waiting at the immigration desk to seize him.
>Almog remained on the plane for two hours before departing again for Israel. UK counter-terrorism police had decided not to board the jet, fearing an attempt to do so might lead to a firefight on the tarmac at Heathrow.
>The incident seemingly marked the first time that an arrest warrant had been issued in Britain for an Israeli national over abuses against Palestinians, and it sent shockwaves through the Knesset.
>What followed was a decade-long campaign by the Israeli government to ensure that something like this could never happen again, leaked files reviewed by Declassified reveal.
>The campaign focussed on lobbying Britain to change its approach to universal jurisdiction legislation, which allows for the most serious crimes to be prosecuted in another country.
>The goal was to allow Israeli officials to visit Britain without fear of arrest, particularly those accused of serious abuses against the Palestinians.
The article continues with the incident with Israel’s former foreign minister Tzipi Livni, October 2011. She had an arrest “application” for war crimes to her name. However, Keir Starmer stalled the application long enough so that Livni was allowed to visit UK without the arrest application being granted. **Look where Keir Starmer is now! Prime Minister!**
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It’s never a war crime the first time. Novel ways to kill need novel laws to make those offenses illegal. Even then, the Geneva Convention only applies to the countries that signed on. Then there are also ways to get around that, like hiring mercenaries. example: Mercs did that, not us. Even for the US, the CIA did that, they are not part of our official military force.
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**SS:** Retired Israeli general Doron Almog landed in Heathrow London, September 2005. He was tipped off by an Israeli Embassy official about a War Crimes warrant for his arrest. So, he remained on the plane until its departure back to Israel
What is so fucked up about it was *”UK counter-terrorism police had decided not to board the jet, fearing an attempt to do so might lead to a firefight on the tarmac at Heathrow.”*
What does that even mean? There would only be a “firefight” if both sides had weapons.
* Does that mean that Doron Almog smuggled firearms & ammunition onto the flight – and UK police knew about it?
* Does that mean that the Israeli embassy official smuggled firearms & ammunition onto the plane when he/she circumvented the regular airport security to circumvent UK criminal justice from happening – and UK police knew about it?
* Does that mean that Israel is not the close ally to UK that is portrayed in the mainstream media?
>When retired Israeli general Doron Almog boarded his flight from Tel Aviv on 11 September 2005, he expected to soon step foot on British soil.
>Minutes after landing at Heathrow airport, however, an Israeli embassy official boarded the plane and warned Almog to stay onboard.
>An arrest warrant had been issued for the former army chief over alleged war crimes committed in Gaza, and British police officers were waiting at the immigration desk to seize him.
>Almog remained on the plane for two hours before departing again for Israel. UK counter-terrorism police had decided not to board the jet, fearing an attempt to do so might lead to a firefight on the tarmac at Heathrow.
>The incident seemingly marked the first time that an arrest warrant had been issued in Britain for an Israeli national over abuses against Palestinians, and it sent shockwaves through the Knesset.
>What followed was a decade-long campaign by the Israeli government to ensure that something like this could never happen again, leaked files reviewed by Declassified reveal.
>The campaign focussed on lobbying Britain to change its approach to universal jurisdiction legislation, which allows for the most serious crimes to be prosecuted in another country.
>The goal was to allow Israeli officials to visit Britain without fear of arrest, particularly those accused of serious abuses against the Palestinians.
The article continues with the incident with Israel’s former foreign minister Tzipi Livni, October 2011. She had an arrest “application” for war crimes to her name. However, Keir Starmer stalled the application long enough so that Livni was allowed to visit UK without the arrest application being granted. **Look where Keir Starmer is now! Prime Minister!**
It’s never a war crime the first time. Novel ways to kill need novel laws to make those offenses illegal. Even then, the Geneva Convention only applies to the countries that signed on. Then there are also ways to get around that, like hiring mercenaries. example: Mercs did that, not us. Even for the US, the CIA did that, they are not part of our official military force.