In other news from Israel, senior officers from the Israeli military have canceled a planned visit to Britain over fears that they would be arrested for alleged war crimes upon landing. The delegation made its decision after being told that there was no guarantee warrants would not be waiting for them. In December, Tzipi Livni canceled a visit of her own upon learning that a British court had approved her arrest. The warrant cited Livni’s role in the US-backed Israeli attack on Gaza nearly a year ago that killed over 1,300 Palestinians, most of them civilians.