Livni Cancels Brussels Trip after Threat of Arrest for War Crimes
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Tzipi Livni, who served as ‘Israeli' Foreign Minister between 2006 - 2009 under former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, was due to arrive in the Belgian capital on Monday to unofficially attend a conference on tackling ‘anti-Semitism' in Europe and advancing the continent's relations with the Zionist entity.
However, her trip was cancelled after the Brussels prosecutor's office said last week that Livni is the subject of a 2010 complaint to the federal prosecutor, and the authorities could detain or question her on arrival "to try and advance the investigation."
An arrest was a possible option, spokesperson Thierry Werts said.
Livni is named in a suit filed by a local pro-Palestinian group in relation to her role in the ‘Israeli' military's Operation Cast Lead in the Gaza Strip between December 2008 - January 2009.
The suit names several ‘Israeli' civilian and military officials in connection to war crimes and crimes against humanity in the operation against Gaza, in which almost 1,400 Palestinians were martyred.
Livni, who is still a Zionist Union party member of the Knesset, told ‘Israel' Radio that she had pulled out of the trip for "personal reasons."
Since leaving a position in the Justice Ministry in 2014 Livni is no longer entitled to diplomatic immunity, Le Monde reported.
Under Belgian law, the authorities have the right to detain a suspect in its territory on crimes related to international law as one of the victims had Belgian citizenship.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team
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