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Israeli President Herzog's UK visit faces protests and legal challenges amid allegations of war crimes and genocide linked to Gaza conflict, with over 64,500 Palestinians killed, campaigners say.
- On Tuesday, thousands gathered outside the UK prime minister's office in central London to protest President Isaac Herzog's arrival for a three-day visit.
- The International Centre of Justice for Palestinians wrote to Scotland Yard urging investigation and interview of Herzog on arrival, suspecting criminal liability for alleged war crimes and plausible genocide.
- At the DSEI arms fair, demonstrators confronted police as over 50 Israeli arms companies exhibited alongside 1,600 others; police used force, injuring several and detaining around 20, including Buddhist monk Ajahn Santamono.
- Friends of Al-Aqsa has instructed legal action for Herzog's arrest and dozens of British MPs urged Keir Starmer to reconsider meetings, with a Wednesday evening meeting moved earlier.
- The timing coincides with growing calls from courts and rights groups as Herzog's trip comes weeks before the UK is expected to recognise a Palestinian state at the UN General Assembly amid ICJ and ICC pressures for accountability.
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Israeli president acknowledges meeting with UK PM was 'tough'
Anti-Israel activists demand arrest of Israel’s president in Britain as Labour MPs slam PM for meeting with Herzog, decrying Israel as a “rogue state.” By World Israel News Staff Israel’s president faced a “tough” meeting with Britain’s head of government Wednesday as protesters called for his arrest and lawmakers from the ruling Labour party denounced Israel as a “rogue state.” President Isaac Herzog traveled to London on Wednesday, where he me…
UK PM Starmer condemned for meeting Israel’s Herzog ‘while children
LONDON: British MPs berated UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer for hosting the Israeli president on Wednesday “while children starve” in Gaza. Starmer met Isaac Herzog in London for talks despite dozens of politicians, including from his own party, questioning how he was allowed into the country. During prime minister’s questions in parliament, the Scottish National Party’s
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