Britain, Canada and the US are avoiding condemnation of Israel for Gaza war crimes mainly to avoid the possibility of their own politicians being held accountable for similar crimes in Afghanistan and Iraq. Britain's Labor government is moving to protect alleged Israeli (visiting) war criminals from arrest under universal jurisdiction laws because of its long support for Israel, the strength of the Zionist lobbies, and in particular their ability to impact the outcome of electoral politics, and to avoid being branded anti-Semitic. But like the US and Canadian governments the British are attempting to immunize themselves from accountability by precedent for their actions in the War on Terror.
Tatarewicz: With insight like this on the Net, I don't know why anyone bothers spending thousands of dollars on university polysci or sociology courses. But as to the gist of the article, if war crimes have been committed by any of these countries in these illegal wars precedence of bringing one to trial at the Hague should have no relevance at all. Article's original title: Gaza war crimes and the path to accountability.