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Tue 10 Oct 2009Activists seek arrest of Israeli officers
Lawyers seeking ways to hold Israel accountable for its assault on Gaza last year have expanded their legal campaign by seeking the arrest of Israeli military officers entering Britain.
The attorneys plan to go to British courts to obtain arrest warrants against individuals linked to suspected war crimes so they would be taken into custody if they entered Britain, Daniel Machover, a lawyer coordinating the legal team, said today.
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