Here's a report that the deputy commander of ground troops in Gaza cancelled a tour of England that was to include 20 speaking engagements, apparently at Aish haTorah (the religious revival group associated with the "Obsession" DVD that bedevilled our campaign last fall). The colonel feared arrest.
Colonel Geva Rapp was understood to have fled back to Israel fearing a
citizens’ arrest for war crimes during his visit to Britain which was
aimed to defend the slaughter of more than 1,300 Palestinians in Gaza
to members of the country’s estimated 270,000 Jewish community.
“Due to the negative security situation and increasing risk that
was steadily brewing around Colonel Geva Rapps' visit to the UK, our
guest has asked us to cancel all further speaking engagements,” said
Rabbi Naftali Schiff, executive director of Aish UK educational
organisation.
