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Thursday 10 Sep 2015 - 11:20 Makkah mean time-26-11-1436
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London, (IINA) - The British parliament may debate now whether Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should be arrested for war crimes, after more than 100,000 UK citizens and residents have signed an official petition calling for the Israeli leader to be arrested upon his arrival in London, according to The Electronic Intifada news agency
As of early Sunday, there were more than 101,000 signatures on the petition at the parliament’s website.
Under official procedure, a petition that gains 10,000 signatures receives a government response. According to the rules, “Petitions which reach 100,000 signatures are almost always debated” in the House of Commons. But there is no guarantee this will happen as the petitions committee in the parliament can choose not to have a debate “if the issue has already been debated recently or there’s a debate scheduled for the near future.”
There are currently four other petitions awaiting debates, including one with more than 415,000 signatures calling on the UK to offer asylum and support to more refugees.
Since Netanyahu’s official visit to the UK is scheduled for this month, it is unlikely any debate would take place before his arrival in London.
But the outpouring of support for bringing Netanyahu to justice will clearly be an embarrassment to him and his host, UK Prime Minister David Cameron.
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