Green Party leader has called for the arrest of
Israeli President Herzog when he visits the UK this week,
accusing him of being part of the “Israeli government engaged in
an ongoing genocide.”
Polanski said:
“President Herzog has been complicit while the Israeli government
has engaged in an ongoing genocide in Gaza. Everyone involved
should be arrested, charged for war crimes and face justice.”
“Welcoming a potential war criminal to the UK is another
demonstration of how this Labour government is implicated in the
ongoing genocide in Gaza. It also serves as a brutal insult to
those mourning the thousands of innocent lives lost and to
hundreds of thousands of Palestinians facing ongoing violence and
hunger.
“A refusal to detain Herzog can be seen as a contravention of the
Geneva Convention which makes clear that States have legal
responsibility for preventing the targeting of civilians. When
this is breached individuals must be prosecuted and this should
be applied to Herzog.”
Co-deputy leader, Mothin Ali, added:
“The planned visit of President Herzog coincides with the DSEI
arms fair in London where 51 Israeli arms companies are putting
on a sickening display of “battle-tested” armaments that will
potentially have been used in war crimes against Palestinians.
But instead of kicking Israel out of DSEI, the government seems
happy for one of the world's largest arms fairs to host these
companies making and selling weapons of death and destruction.
Another sign of complicity from this Labour government.”
“This government thinks it can fool the public by banning
selected Israeli representatives. We see through it, and we will
continue to call it out, until all those complicit in genocide
are brought to justice”
