Arrest warrant for Netanyahu

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Netanyahu could be arrested abroad for his war crimes against humanity:

www.yahoo.com/news/international-criminal-court-considering-issuing-052516878.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall

International Criminal Court considering issuing arrest warrant for Netanyahu
Euronews



International Criminal Court considering issuing arrest warrant for Netanyahu
Israeli media are reporting the government has received indications from legal officials that the International Criminal Court is considering issuing arrest warrants for senior officials, including prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

The ICC is currently investigating Israel’s actions in the occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip.

The ICC case is separate from other cases brought against Israel at the International Court of Justice, including one filed by South Africa accusing Israel of committing genocide in Gaza.

In addition to Netanyahu, the ICC investigation could lead to arrest warrants being issued for Defence Minister Yoav Gallant and Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi.

Last week Netanyahu slammed the ICC investigations as outrageous, saying they would set a dangerous precedent.

An official from Hamas said a delegation from the group would discuss an Israeli-tabled ceasefire proposal during a visit to Cairo on Monday.

Egyptian state media report an Israeli delegation is due in the city on the same day.

Efforts to revive stalled ceasefire talks have ramped up in recent days in a bid to stop a threatened Israeli ground offensive in Rafah, the southern city where almost half of Gaza’s population has sought shelter.

"Only a small strike is all it takes to force everyone to leave Palestine and we will be witnessing the greatest catastrophe in the history of the Palestinian people,” said Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas.

More aid to Gaza
Meanwhile, Israel says aid deliveries to Gaza are being stepped up.

"Over the last few weeks, the amount of humanitarian aid going into Gaza has significantly increased,” said Israeli military spokesperson Daniel Hagari.

“In the coming days, the amount of aid going into Gaza will continue to scale up even more. Food, water, medical supplies, shelter, equipment and other aid.”

A spokesperson at the World Food Program says increased levels of aid are a good sign but that it’s too early to say if the risk of famine had been averted.

A UN-backed report released last month warned that famine in Gaza was imminent and that 70% of the population is suffering from catastrophic levels of hunger.

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Israel is above the law, they would NOT accept laws from international court.

www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/netanyahu-says-icc-decisions-will-not-affect-israels-actions-set-dangerous-2024-04-26/

Netanyahu says ICC decisions will not affect Israel's actions, set dangerous precedent
By Reuters

JERUSALEM, April 26 (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Friday that any decisions by the International Criminal Court, which is investigating Hamas' Oct. 7 attacks and Israel's military assault on Gaza, would not affect Israel's actions but would set a dangerous precedent.
"Under my leadership, Israel will never accept any attempt by the International Criminal Court in the Hague to undermine its basic right to defend itself," Netanyahu said in a statement on Telegram.
"While decisions made by the court in the Hague will not affect Israel's actions, they will set a dangerous precedent that threatens soldiers and public figures," he said.
One of Israel's leading television news outlets, Channel 12, reported last week that Israel was increasingly worried by the possibility that the ICC would issue arrest warrants against Netanyahu and other top officials for alleged violations of international law in Gaza.
The report said that the Prime Minister's Office held an "emergency discussion" on the issue. A government spokesperson did not immediately respond to questions on the Channel 12 report or its details.
Israel is not a member of the court, based in The Hague, and does not recognise its jurisdiction, but the Palestinian territories were admitted as a member state in 2015.
ICC Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan said in October the court had jurisdiction over any potential war crimes carried out by Hamas fighters in Israel and by Israelis in the Gaza Strip.
Khan has said his team is actively investigating any crimes allegedly committed in Gaza and that those who are in breach of the law will be held accountable.
On Oct. 7, Hamas led an attack on Israeli military bases and communities in which 1,200 people were killed and 253 were taken as hostages, according to Israeli tallies.
Israel has since launched a ground, air and sea offensive that has killed more than 34,000 Palestinians, according to Gaza authorities, and has laid much of Gaza to waste. The assault, now in its seventh month, has displaced most of the blockaded Palestinian territory's 2.3 million people and created a humanitarian crisis.
With 124 permanent members, the ICC can prosecute individuals for war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide and aggression.
The case at the ICC is separate from the genocide case launched against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) also based in The Hague.
The ICJ, also known as the World Court, is a United Nations court that deals with disputes between states while the ICC is a treaty-based criminal court focusing on individual criminal responsibility for war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide.

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This was even before the present Gaza war and the present hostage crisis

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10 nov 2023

We speak with Palestinian human rights lawyer Noura Erakat about a new effort to hold Israel accountable at the International Criminal Court over the war in Gaza, where Israel's monthlong air and ground assault has killed more than 10,000 Palestinians. On Wednesday, three Palestinian rights groups filed a lawsuit with the international body, urging it to investigate Israel for the crimes of genocide and apartheid. The petition also calls for arrest warrants to be issued for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Isaac Herzog and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. International inaction against Israeli aggression is part of "a systematic failure to hold Israel to account for decades," as well as the "absolute double standard" applied to war crimes committed against people of the Global South, says Erakat, who was part of a team of academics and activists who came together to support the ICC lawsuit. "This is not just a crisis of international legal institutions, but also a crisis of democratic — or so-called democratic — institutions in the countries in which we live."