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U.K. reportedly issues arrest warrant for Livni [UPDATE]

Opposition leader Tzipi Livni on Monday canceled her participation in a Jewish function in London, after a warrant for her arrest was issued over part in last winter\'s Israel\'s Gaza offensive, Arab-language media have reported.
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December 14, 2009

This story has been updated: Read about Livni’s warrant here

Opposition leader Tzipi Livni on Monday canceled her participation in a Jewish function in London, after a warrant for her arrest was issued over part in last winter’s Israel’s Gaza offensive, Arab-language media have reported.

Al-Quds Al-Arabi claimed that Scotland Yard advised the organizers of the Jewish National Fund conference in northwest London that the former foreign minister had canceled her scheduled address to the assembly over threats of a possible lawsuit by pro-Palestinian groups.

The Al-Quds Al-Arabi report also said that a group of about 100 anti-Israel protesters rallied outside the Hendon Hall Hotel on Sunday, just as delegates arrived at the JNF meet.

Read the full story at HAARETZ.com.

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