Exclusive: Specialist prosecutor to ‘urgently review’ application for Israeli president’s arrest by Imran Mulla

MEE reported on Tuesday that Herzog, currently in London, is set to meet British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in Number 10 on Wednesday evening.

On Tuesday morning pro-Palestine campaign group Friends of Al-Aqsa (FOA) instructed a legal team to apply for an arrest warrant to be issued for Herzog on “charges of aiding, abetting or procuring direct and indiscriminate attacks on civilians and civilian objects”.

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) responded to FOA that afternoon in an email seen by MEE.

In the email, officers confirmed that “the Counter Terrorism Division received the papers relating to your request in respect of Mr Herzog. “This division has responsibility for the review and prosecution of core international crimes and a Senior Specialist Prosecutor has been asked to urgently review the submission.”