In Unprecedented Move, British Police Summoned Tzipi Livni Over Suspected Gaza War Crimes

In Unprecedented Move, British Police Summoned Tzipi Livni Over Suspected Gaza War Crimes

Livni is currently in London to attend the Haaretz Israel Conference; The summons was cancelled after diplomatic contacts between Israel and Britain.

Barak Ravid (London) Jul 03, 2016 | http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/1.728619

LONDON - Former Foreign Minister MK Tzipi Livni (Zionist Union) received a letter from the British police last Thursday, with an unprecedented summons for questioning regarding a suspicion of involvement in war crimes during Operation Cast Lead in Gaza in 2008.

Livni is currently in London to attend the Haaretz Israel Conference.

The summons was cancelled after diplomatic contacts between Israel and Britain, at the end of which Livni received immunity.http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/1.728619