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Sunday, 10 January 2010 02:30 |
Full Text Israeli veterans cancel UK trip on arrest fear By Tobias Buck in Jerusalem Published: January 5 2010 18:21 Relations between Israel and Britain took a turn for the worse on Tuesday after it emerged that a group of senior Israeli soldiers had cancelled a trip to the UK over fears they may be arrested for alleged war crimes. Danny Ayalon, Israel's deputy foreign minister, described the situation as "impossible", and warned that "this will make it difficult for the two countries to maintain a normal relationship". He added that developments influencing Israelis to stop visiting Britain were damaging to UK interests as well. |
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