WORLD BRIEFING / ISRAEL
An Israeli Cabinet minister called off a visit to Britain because of concerns he could be arrested on suspicion of committing war crimes, a spokesman said.
The decision by Moshe Yaalon, a former military chief of staff who is now a vice prime minister, came a week after Palestinian activists tried unsuccessfully to have Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak arrested during a visit to Britain.
“This is a campaign to delegitimize Israel,” Yaalon said in a statement. He called off his trip “to avoid playing into the hands of anti-Israel propaganda,” spokesman Alon Ofek-Arnon said.
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