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Paying a Price for Honoring International Law
[Jerusalem Post] Jonny Paul - Using a loophole in Britain's Universal Jurisdiction Law, pro-Palestinian campaigners filed a criminal complaint accusing IDF Maj.-Gen. (res.) Doron Almog of committing a war crime by ordering the demolition of Palestinian homes in Gaza in 2002. On Wednesday, Almog addressed a conference in London via satellite link, titled "Averting Abuse of Universal Jurisdiction." To show that the IDF deferred to the judicial system, Almog said that while he headed the Southern Command, he requested the demolition of a certain house in Gaza, but his request was turned down by the legal echelons of the IDF. In June 2006, that house served as cover for the tunnel from Gaza into Israel that was used to kidnap Cpl. Gilad Shalit.