London Crowds Mark Tzipi Livni's Visit (videos)

As reported  here and here and here, Tzipi Lipni, given special diplomatic immunity by the UK government in order to prevent her being served with an international arrest warrant on war crimes allegations relating to Operation Cast Lead, flew into London last week, meeting not only Foreign Secretary William Hague but also Mahmoud Abbas, and addressing a Jewish National Fund  (JNF) function at the Jumeirah Carlton Tower hotel in Cadogan Place, Knightsbridge.

“I am a proud Israeli and I have no problem coming to the UK despite the arrest warrant. I would have come anyway, whether or not the UK government had not blocked the warrant.

Ultimately, we share the same values and I trust the British system to recognise where the truth lies and not to play a part in the persecution of Israelis that is all too common in countries around the world”, she is reported as saying.

She 'revealed that she proudly displays a “wanted" picture of herself in her home alongside a similar photograph of her father when he was a militia leader during the pre-state British Mandate period.“The first thing I want to emphasise is my parents were freedom fighters and not terrorists. I am not willing to accept any comparison with terrorists like Hamas who are looking for civilians to kill.”...'

Outside the hotel well-wishers bearing Israeli flags awaited Ms Livni's arrival, while across the street anti-Israel demonstrators, including  Neturei Karta nutters and a sprinkling of "as-a-Jews", yelled in protest and chanted the "From the River to the Sea ..." refrain, as seen on these videos, the first by anti-Israel activist Alex Seymour (aka Seymour Alexander):