International Criminal Court Prosecutor Renews Request for Arrest Warrants Targeting Netanyahu and Israel’s Defense Chief
The prosecutor accuses them, along with three Hamas leaders, of committing crimes against humanity and war crimes. Secretary Blinken describes the arrest warrant request as ‘profoundly wrong-headed.’
The International Criminal Court’s prosecutor, Karim Khan, is impatient, eager to start arresting elected Israeli leaders. Will Jerusalem government officials be helped by their country’s judicial system before that can happen?
This week Mr. Khan renewed his request, first made in May, for the Hague-based court’s judges to issue global arrest warrants against Prime Minister Netanyahu and the Israeli defense minister, Yoav Gallant. He accuses them, along with three Hamas leaders, of committing crimes against humanity and war crimes.
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