As Keir Starmer Wheels Against Israel, Who Will Protect Netanyahu From Arrest Warrants Sought at the Hague?

Israel’s prime minister cancels plans to stop in the Czech Republic and Hungary on his way to America for fears he could be arrested.

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Prime Minister Netanyahu during a press conference at the Kirya military base at Tel Aviv, October 28, 2023. Abir Sultan/pool via AP

With Britain’s new government reportedly intending to end its challenge to the International Criminal Court’s jurisdiction, and while the Senate is divided over sanctions against ICC officials, a question arises: Will anyone now stand up to a Hague prosecutor, Karim Khan, who wants Israeli officials arrested and put in the dock?

Prime Minister Starmer’s new British government is “expected” to drop its objection to Mr. Khan’s request to issue global arrest warrants against Prime Minister Netanyahu and Israel’s defense minister, Yoav Gallant, the Guardian reports. “It is also our information,” a former legal adviser to Israel’s foreign ministry, Robbie Sabel, confirms to the Sun.   

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