By, Naomi Firsht
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By, Naomi Firsht
A petition to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for “war crimes” when he next comes to the UK has been signed by nearly 40,000 people.
The petition, created by Damian Moran, reads: “Benjamin Netanyahu is to hold talks in London this September. Under international law he should be arrested for war crimes upon arrival in the UK for the massacre of over 2,000 civilians in 2014.”
The UK’s parliament website, where the online petition was set up, mandates that any petition receiving 100,000 signatures will be debated in Parliament. So far 39,386 people have signed it.
Sir Mick Davis, Chair of the Jewish Leadership Council, said of the upcoming visit:
