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Hamas was behind Livni's UK arrest

The Times of London is reporting that - shocka - Hamas was behind the aborted attempt to have opposition leader Tzipi Livni arrested in England last week, and they're not just operating in England (Hat Tip: Power Line).

Diya al-Din Madhoun, who heads the Hamas committee set up to coordinate the campaign, said that it had “all the political and military leaders of the occupation in our sights”, although he did not specify its future targets. He told The Times: “This has absolutely become our policy.”

The committee of legal specialists was established after the Gaza offensive to investigate allegations of war crimes carried out by Israeli forces. It compiled 1,500 cases over several months and started to encourage alleged victims to file charges against Israeli leaders in countries such as Britain, Spain, Belgium and Norway, according to Mr Madhoun. The committee intended to put the victims of alleged crimes in touch with lawyers and legal institutions in Europe, he said. “We do this as a government trying to protect our people and prevent these massacres from recurring.”

Hamas had not been involved directly in filing legal cases or contracting lawyers, he said, but its governing administration had acted as a facilitator. “We have provided a group of independent lawyers in Britain with documents, information and evidence concerning war crimes committed by Israeli political and military leaders, including Ms Livni.”

John Hinderaker at Power Line attributes Europe's openness to these types of shenanigans to the fact that Europe is teeming with Muslims, while it drove out most of its Jews two generations ago. There's something to that, but Europe was a hotbed of anti-Semitism long before it was overrun by Muslims.

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 12:22 PM