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Wed 01 Jan 2010Threat of arrest prompts Israelis to cancel UK trip
AN ISRAELI military delegation was forced to cancel a trip to the UK last week after the British authorities failed to provide guarantees that arrest warrants would not be issued over alleged war crimes committed by Israel in the Gaza war a year ago.
The delegation of senior Israel defence force officers, which included a colonel, a lieutenant colonel and a major, was invited by the British army, but London was unable to promise there would be no legal moves against the soldiers.
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