William Hague, the visiting British foreign secretary, yesterday renewed his government's pledge to amend a law that threatens Israeli officials with the possibility of arrest on entering the UK.
The reassurance, in a meeting with Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, came a day after Israel's foreign ministry, in anger over the law, rebuffed London by suspending an annual round of top-level security talks.
After the meeting between Mr Hague and Mr Netanyahu in Tel Aviv, the prime minister's office issued a statement saying Israel "welcomes" the British government's "explicit commitment" to amend its universal jurisdiction law. It allows British courts to issue arrest warrants for alleged violators of international human rights and humanitarian law. Yesterday, an Israeli official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told the Associated Press that the dialogue will take place this year and be held in Israel.'
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