Canada asked to detain former IDF head

YNet ^ | Mar. 22, 2006 | Yitzhak Benhorin

[Alouette]

Arabs, Jews representing left-wing organizations ask Canadian government to detain former Chief of Staff Yaalon upon his expected arrival in Toronto for suspicion of committing war crimes. Yaalon consults Israeli ambassador in Ottawa, decides make trip anyway

WASHINGTON - A group of left-wing organizations, mostly Arabs, some Jewish, called on the Canadian government to detain former Chief of Staff Moshe (Bugi) Yaalon who is planning to visit Toronto on Wednesday to appear in synagogue for a fundraising event for the benefit of wounded IDF soldiers.

The organizations claim that their request to ban Yaalon from entering Canada is based on the Canadian law which prohibits entrance of people suspected of war crimes and crimes against humanity. They asked authorities to detain Yaalon if he enters Canada.

Yaalon consulted with the Israeli ambassador to Canada, Alan Baker, who is an expert in international law and served up to two year ago as the Foreign Ministry's legal advisor on the subject, opposite the British, the Belgians, and others.

Baker said that that he has no knowledge of any request to the Canadian officials on the matter and added that in practicality, the Canadian law is very strict and in order ban Yaalon from entering, there is need for a signature of the Canadian immigration minister. In order to detain Yaalon on Canadian soil, a court order signed by the Canadian minister of justice is needed.

'I explained the legal process to him'

Yaalon, on his part, decided to make the trip to Canada and speak in "Bet Emeth" synagogue. He will be greeted outside the synagogue by many protestors planning to jeer him and carry signs like "war criminal, you're not welcome in Canada."

In an interview to Ynet from the Canadian capital Ottawa, Ambassador Baker explained: "We have no indication that a request to ban or detain has been submitted. Such a decision is made by a government minister and the criterions are very strict. It's not a short or simple process. I suppose that the protestors will be loud, but I'm used to it. They even protest against me because I live a settlement and because of the security fence.

I don't believe that Yaalon will be served with an arrest warrant. I explained the legal process to him and he decided to make the visit."

Lately there have been two incidents in which IDF senior officers canceled their trip to Britain. Brigadier General Aviv Kochavi cancelled his studies in Britain fearing he would be detained and tried for alleged war crimes in the Palestinian territories. Former Southern Command Chief, Major-General Doron Almog, who was on his way to London last September, also canceled his trip upon hearing that a Muslim organization served a lawsuit against him for "military operations against the Palestinian people."

The concern of detaining senior officers also exits in other countries like Spain and France.

[Alouette]

Well, it happens I will be in Canada today for a family event, so I can see how this goes down.

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[CondorFlight]

Does anybody ever ask for one of these countries to arrest Castro, the president of Sudan, the president of China,
or various other luminaries of this world?

Or is it only Israelis?

[RoadTest]

A man defending his country is a "war criminal"?

Is there no end to the twisting of definitions for destruction's sake? Curse all you twisters for diabolical ends.

[thoughtomator]

After what happened to Milosevic, any person threatened with "war crimes" prosecution by the Eurosocialists should take heed - stay away from self-righteous lefties with prosecution power.

[Alexander Rubin]

When is this event happening?

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[Salem]

"Does anybody ever ask for one of these countries to arrest Castro, the president of Sudan, the president of China, or various other luminaries of this world?

Or is it only Israelis?"

Just Israelis.  Pretty warped, huh?

 

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[sheik yerbouty]

Canada has become Al Qanada..

[fanfan]

[Former Proud Canadian]

No way in h*ll with Harper in power.

[Former Proud Canadian]

You been asleep for the last month, or just ignorant?

[Junior]

Or is it only Israelis?

Nope. Americans are sometimes targeted too. It's one reason I'm glad we didn't sign onto that International Court thingy.

[sheik yerbouty]

You just had your elections. Time will tell. A friend in Hamilton tells me the PC rot is pretty deep.

[GMMAC]

From the posted article:
" In order to detain Yaalon on Canadian soil, a court order signed by the Canadian minister of justice is needed."

Perhaps check out Vic Toews, Canada's new Conservative Party Justice Minister, and then buy a lottery ticket.

The odds on you winning that lottery are light years better than those of Vic Toews signing such an Order.

BTW, "Al Qanada" ... like you're now fresh out of similar left-wing, anti-Israeli morons Stateside ???

[sheik yerbouty]

On a per capita basis, Al qanada leads..

[GMMAC]

"demographics" ... the new last refuge?

[American in Israel]

Very warped. But it does indicate who is on the the side of terrorists. Or to be more precise, who is using the terrorism to get their way. A whole lot more people than you would suspect from their face value.