Campaign group accuses Isaac Herzog, arriving in UK next week, of aiding and abetting indiscriminate killing in Gaza
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Pro-Palestine activists have requested that an arrest warrant be issued against the Israeli president, Isaac Herzog, for alleged war crimes before his arrival in the UK this week.
Herzog is accused of aiding and abetting the indiscriminate killing of civilians in Gaza in the request to the director of public prosecutions filed by the Friends of Al-Aqsa campaign group.
One of the specialist lawyers advising Friends of Al-Aqsa said the case was based around statements made by Herzog after the 7 October Hamas attack on Israel, in which the Israeli president said all Palestinians in Gaza were responsible.
