An Israeli government minister has canceled a trip to Britain after he was warned that he risked arrest on war crimes charges. The Guardian newspaper reports Avi Dichter was scheduled to speak next month at a conference on security at King’s College London. Dichter is Israel’s public security minister and a former head of the Shin Bet internal security agency. Dichter was the head of Shin Bet in July 2002 when Israel bombed a house in Gaza that killed Hamas military commander Salah Shehadeh, his bodyguard and thirteen civilians, including children. The strike drew strong international criticism, including from then-UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, who warned Israel to comply with international law.