Senior Conservatives have assured opposition leader Tzipi Livni that a Tory government would change the law that allows magistrates to issue arrest warrants for foreign politicians accused of war crimes.
Shadow business secretary Ken Clarke and shadow attorney general Edward Garnier met her in Israel as part of a party charm offensive.
Mr Garnier said: "The Tories will change the law if this government doesn't, although we remain happy to co-operate if there is still an appetite for reform. There is support this from David Cameron and William Hague downwards. Our courts will not be used as the venue for street protest."
The government has set itself a new March deadline to push through the legislation. But senior sources in the Jewish community and the Foreign Office have told the JC they believe the chances of it reaching the statute book before the election are slim.
