A group of Israeli military officers were forced to call off a trip to Great Britain for fear of being arrested and charged with war crimes in a British court. The threat stems from Great Britain's legal concept of universal jurisdiction for certain crimes.
The idea of universal jurisdiction allows a British judge to order the arrest and prosecution of a foreign national who happens to be within Great Britain if that person is accused of war crimes.
Palestinian activists claim that Israel committed numerous war crimes during the recent war.
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