Israeli embassy officials attempted to influence UK court cases, documents suggest
by Haroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#6E0HM)
Exclusive: papers appear to show embassy officials pressing attorney general's office over Palestine Action protesters
Israeli embassy officials in London attempted to get the attorney general's office to intervene in UK court cases relating to the prosecution of protesters, documents seen by the Guardian suggest.
The papers, obtained through a freedom of information (FoI) request by Palestine Action, indicate that embassy officials pressed for the director general of the attorney general's office (AGO), Douglas Wilson, to interfere into cases related to protests on UK soil.
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