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A Zionist regime's general wanted in Britain for war crimes against the Palestinians evaded arrest at Heathrow in 2005 as police feared an arrest would spark a shootout.

The BBC reported that it had received documents showing how Maj. Gen. Doron Almog managed to fly back to occupied Palestine when police failed to board his plane in September 2005.

He refused to deplane for two hours after he was informed by the Israeli embassy that he would face arrest.

Police were concerned about a potential clash with Israeli air marshals or armed personal security on the plane.

Almog had flown to Britain for visits to Jewish communities in Solihull, in the West Midlands, and Manchester. The general was wanted in Britain for ordering the destruction of more than 50 Palestinian homes in the Gaza Strip in 2000, in violation of international laws.

The Metropolitan Police initially refused to get involved in the case, citing massive pressures on counter-terrorism teams in the wake of the London bombings. But the legal representatives of the Palestinians successfully applied to a judge for an arrest warrant for a private prosecution.

The documents now show Det Supt John MacBrayne, a senior counter-terrorism officer who was responsible for the operation, could not get confirmation that his team had the right to board the plane.

In his log, he wrote: "Another consideration [was] that El Al flights carried armed air marshals, which raised issues around public safety. <\/span><\/p>\r\n


"There was also no intelligence as to whether Mr Almog would have been travelling with personal security as befitted his status, armed or otherwise," the BBC added.

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