The Israeli army general whose planned visit to Britain five years ago sparked a campaign to change the law on universal jurisdiction is finally to complete his aborted journey.
In 2005 former General Doron Almog was unable to leave a plane at Heathrow because pro-Palestinian campaigners had applied for a warrant for alleged war crimes and he would have faced arrest if he had stepped on to UK soil.
Gen Almog, regarded as a hero in Israel for his bravery during the raid on Entebbe, had been due to speak at an event in aid of Aleh, a charity working with children with severe physical and cognitive disabilities. Gen Almog's severely disabled son, in whose memory the charity is named, died in 2007.
His case was the first but not the last, with other high-profile Israelis unable to visit Britain because of concerted efforts by anti-Israel activists using the law on universal jurisdiction. Among them were Opposition leader Tzipi Livni, Defence Minister Ehud Barak and Transport Minister Shaul Mofaz.
