Israel's Leaders on the Run by Gilad Atzmon
Wednesday, December 16, 2009 at 8:32AM Gilad Atzmon
Senior officials in Israel confirmed reports on Monday that a British court issued a warrant against opposition leader
Mrs. Tzipi Livni for her role in orchestrating Israel's military offensive against Hamas in the Gaza Strip last
December.
British sources reported that though a British court had issued an arrest warrant for Livni over war crimes committed in
Gaza, it annulled it upon discovering she was not in the U.K.
As many of us predicted for more than a while the tide is changing. Now Israeli political and military leaders are
finally being chased.
Haaretz reported today that Foreign Secretary David Miliband, the man who last week appointed a Zionist Jew to be the next British Ambassador to Israel, announced today that Britain would “no longer tolerate legal harassment of
Israeli officials in this fashion.”
Miliband maintained that “the British law permitting judges to issue arrest warrants against foreign dignitaries without
any prior knowledge or advice by a prosecutor must be reviewed and reformed”. I find myself puzzled, why exactly this
law is to be ‘reviewed’ or ‘reformed’. Is it because Britain decided to give up on its ethical tradition? Or is it
because Miliband needs the support of the Labour Friends of Israel so he can be re-elected. Or is he just revealing an
ever-present hidden cronyism?
Miliband said that “the British government was determined that arrest threats against visitors of Livni's stature would
not happen again.” And I find myself bewildered again, what does he mean by “Livni’s stature’? Does he really mean that
‘Livni like’ genocidal murderers are now welcome on British soil?
"Israel is a strategic partner and a close friend of the United Kingdom. We are determined to protect and develop these
ties," Miliband said. This obviously brings to mind the old saying ‘tell me who your friends are, and I'll tell you who
you are’. Considering Labours recent history (aka Illegal wars and foreign invasions) it is far from surprising that
Miliband has so many friends in the Jewish state. And not just ordinary Israelis but actually the leading mass
murderers.
According to Haaretz, Miliband called Livni to express his shock over the arrest warrant and pledged to address the
matter immediately. Years ago, when we were young and naive our lecturers on politics insisted on telling us that judicial independence is crucial to the democratic process. Seemingly this principle is not highly regarded by Miliband who professes to
spread democracy around the world. Miliband may benefit from spending some time with my son’s primary school teachers so
he grasps what democracy stands for.
Livni clarified that she “doesn't view the arrest warrant as a personal offense, but rather one that affects Israel as a
whole.” She is obviously right. The Israeli society is regarded by the growing European masses as a criminal exterminatory state. The arrest warrants against Israeli leaders are indeed just a symbolic act.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday issued a statement saying "We will not agree to a situation in which Ehud
Olmert, Ehud Barak and Tzipi Livni will be summoned to the defendant's bench…We will not agree that IDF commanders and
soldiers, who - heroically and in a moral fashion - defended our citizens against a brutal and criminal enemy, will be
condemned as war criminals. We reject this absurdity outright." It is pretty obvious where Netanyahu is coming from,
yet, the Israeli PM must fail to see that dropping white phosphorous on civilians is not exactly what Europeans and
cultured people regard as ‘heroism’ or ‘moral fashion’.
The Israeli Foreign Ministry is almost as amusing as its bigot Minister Avigdor Liberman. In an official statement the Ministry declared "We appreciate the British government's desire to play a central role
in the Middle East peace process, and thus we expected it to translate the importance it gives its relations with Israel
into actions.” Let’s face it, intimidating is a common Israeli tactic. Yet, the fact that Israelis want us to believe
that they are heading towards peace is less than comical, it is downright treacherous. Britain is not going to play a
part in the ‘peace process’ because there is no such process.
In response to the warrant, Livni deflecting personal guilt said Tuesday that “she would not accept any accusation that
compared Israel Defense Forces soldiers to terrorists.” She is actually correct. The so-called ‘terrorists’ are in fact
freedom fighters. Israel on the other hand is a racist expansionist state. Its military forces are engaged in a
continuous crime against humanity. Israel is as vicious as Nazi Germany but in practice, it is far worse for it is a
‘democracy’. Its murderous practices are a direct reflection of its peoples wishes expressed in a democratic vote. At
the peak of the IDF's brutal Gaza campaign 94% of the Israelis supported the lethal measures against the Palestinian population. Israelis are not terrorists, they are actually the embodiment
of terror.
ENDS