RAMALLAH Jan 16 (JMCC) - If Israeli opposition leader Tzipi Livni travels to the UK to invite arrest for war crimes, it is unclear how the government will respond.

According to The National, the UK cabinet is divided over the issue of universal jurisdiction and how it should be translated in domestic law.

In December, Ms Livni canceled a trip to London when she received word that an arrest warrant awaited her for crimes committed during the invasion of the Gaza Strip just over a year ago, when she was foreign minister and vice-prime minister.

Since then, Livni has said she will visit the UK in order to establish a precedent in British courts and embarrass the government into changing the law.

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