Israeli War Criminal Livni Willing to Risk Travel to UK and 'Face Arrest'

Former Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni says she is willing to visit Britain despite the risk of her being arrested for war crimes against the Palestinians.

The visit is meant to push the White Hall into changing a law which has occasioned an arrest warrant against her.

A British court's ruling last year convicted Livni of links to atrocities committed by Israel during its late December 2008 assaults on the Gaza Strip which left more than 1,400 Palestinians dead. The court issued her an arrest warrant which would come into effect should she visit Britain.'

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Journalist Calls Livni 'Terrorist' During Press Conference on Gaza Operation

Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni had a testy press conference Friday in Washington, D.C., moments after she signed an agreement with U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice meant to combat arms smuggling to Gaza.

Some journalists went so far as to compare the Israeli government to that of dictator Robert Mugabe's Zimbabwe, due to Israel's decision to bar journalists from Gaza.

One of the more tense moments came when one journalist began to quote at length a Human Rights report on the situation in Gaza, before asking Livni to comment on "the murder of innocent civilians in the Strip."

When the man was asked to finish his question, he yelled out that Livni had been speaking for an hour and that the journalists weren't being allowed to ask questions. He then asked since when the U.S. has been hosting "terrorists."

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