The European Jewish Congress (EJC) has called on the UK and other European nations to change their laws on universal jurisdiction in the wake of the issuing of an arrest warrant against former Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni. If laws are not tightened then the EJC will be forced to consider applying for arrest warrants against those who support and initiate terror and preach hate.

President of the EJC, Dr. Moshe Kantor, slammed the decision by a British court to issue an arrest warrant against Livni. “This is a disgrace and a mockery of the judicial system,” Kantor said. “However, if the system is being manipulated to abuse Israeli officials then we will have to look at ways of fighting back and using the same system against those who initiate and support terror.

The EJC decries the fact that terror supporters who preach hate against Jews, Christians, gays and other minorities and initiate terror attacks against them are allowed into Britain and a senior official of a fellow democracy and staunch ally had to cancel their trip.

“It is reprehensible that at this moment there are hundreds of visiting foreign nationals in the UK and Europe who are preaching hate, inciting to murder and raising money for designated terrorist group like Hamas and Hezbollah,” Kantor continued. “We will seek to end their impunity and make them think twice before coming to Europe.”

Livni was due to appear at a Jewish national Fund UK fundraising dinner and it appears that those who sought the arrest warrant saw the advertised posters of the event.

“If the law is not amended we will have to employ similar tactics and study very carefully who will be appearing in the UK and other European nations with wide definitions of universal jurisdiction to consider applying for arrest warrants,” Kantor suggested. “This is not about tit-for-tat, but will demonstrate that there is a systematic hypocrisy inherent in a system where only one nation’s nationals are targeted in this way while those who preach violence and hatred and commit crimes against humanity through their terroristic attacks travel freely.”

(YWN Desk – NYC)