New Zealand government overrules war-crimes
arrest order on former Israeli general
'Attorney-General Michael Cullen has
over-ruled a District Court judge's decision to issue an arrest warrant against
a visiting former Israeli general the judge believed was answerable for Middle
East war crimes.
Auckland District Court Judge Avinash
Deobhakta on Monday issued warrants ordering the arrest of Moshe Ya'alon, a
former Israeli Defence Force chief of staff and head of intelligence.
The warrants were in response to
information laid with the court under New Zealand's obligations as a signatory
to the Geneva Convention.'
