More of this is what is needed. Let the Israeli officers and politicians fear arrest everywhere they go.
Bryan ----------
IDF officer cancels UK trip for fear of arrest
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3221339,00.html
Judge Advocate-General Brigadier-General Avichai Mendelblit recommends Brigadier-General Aviv Kochavi cancel studies leave for fear he will be arrested for alleged war crimes Hanan Greenberg
IDF Gaza division commander, Brigadier-General Aviv Kochavi, has cancelled a leave to study in England, fearing he would be arrested and tried for alleged war crimes in the territories.
Judge Advocate-General Brigadier-General Avichai Mendelblit recommended Kochavi cancel the trip.
Kochavi served as commander of the Paratroops and played a key role during Operation Defense Shield in 2002.
Kochavi drew praise for his outstanding service and was selected from a handful of colleagues to study security in the UK.
In September, former IDF Southern Commander Major-General (res.) Doron Almog was forced to abandon plans to visit Britain at the last minute, after Muslim groups charged him with crimes against humanity for "his military role against the Palestinian people."
Israel's ambassador in London, Tzvi Hefetz, spoke with Almog during the flight, advised him not to get off the plane, and said if he entered Britain he would be served with the claim.
Immediately upon landing in London, Almog returned to Israel. Ambassador Hefetz also reported the incident to the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem.
'Military Advocate endangering IDF soldiers abroad'
Yesh Gvul spokesperson, Dr Yishai Menokhin, commented to recommendations made to a senior IDF general to not travel to the UK because he might be arrested for war crimes, saying the Military Advocate is exposing IDF soldiers to judicial proceedings abroad.
“So long the military judicial system is not investigating allegations of war crimes, it is exposing IDF soldiers and officers to judicial proceedings abroad,” Menokhin said. Yesh Gvul filed a complaint against IDF officers, including former IAF chief Dan Halutz, involved in the execution of an IAF strike in Gaza on arch terrorist Salah Shehadeh.
A one-ton bomb was dropped on Shehadeh's apartment block in Gaza in July 2002, killing him and 14 bystanders.
After Almog’s incident, Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz tried to calm the situation, saying IDF officers are not in danger abroad. He note that Israel will take necessary action to ensure soldiers and officers are not in danger of arrest for war crime abroad, but the issue remains sensitive and many fear IDF officers who served in the territories are at risk of being arrested.