Represents the requests of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court Karim Khan By issuing arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Defense Minister Yoav Galant, as well as the military leaders of Hamas, a dramatic escalation of legal proceedings over… Gaza warAccording to the British newspaper, the Financial Times.
The newspaper reported that Khan’s endeavors To issue arrest warrants against Israeli leaders and Hamas leaders for alleged war crimes that angered the Netanyahu government and the White House alike. Khan said: Today we confirm once again that international law and the laws of armed conflict apply to everyone. Neither can any infantryman, commander, or civilian leader. No one can act with impunity.
On the other hand, Israeli politicians condemned Khan’s announcement, and President Isaac Herzog warned that the international judicial system was in danger of collapsing, and Netanyahu said: This is exactly what the new anti-Semitism looks like.
US President Joe Biden described the Attorney General’s move as outrageous, insisting that whatever this Attorney General may mean, there is no parity in anything between Israel and Hamas.
According to the Financial Times, judges must International Criminal Court Now they have to decide whether to issue arrest warrants. If they do so, it will be the first time the court, established in 2002, has issued an arrest warrant for a Western-backed leader.
The newspaper added that the arrest orders could expose Netanyahu and Gallant to the risk of arrest if they visit any of the 124 member states of the International Criminal Court, which include most European countries, Latin America, and many countries in Africa and Asia. Since Hamas is classified as a terrorist organization by many countries, the impact will be less dramatic for Hamas leaders such as Yahya Sinwar and Muhammad Deif, who do not leave Gaza, or for political leader Ismail Haniyeh, who mainly travels to friendly countries.
Commenting on this, legal experts considered that the arrest orders could also affect arms sales to Israel by other countries, especially from Europe.
Western politicians are divided over the arrest warrants. In the United Kingdom, the Conservative government said… International Criminal Court It has no jurisdiction in this case, while the opposition Foreign Minister, or the so-called shadow government, David Lammy, said that the opposition Labor Party supports the International Criminal Court as a cornerstone of the international legal system.
For his part, the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell, stated that he took note of the request of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court to issue arrest warrants and wrote on the Ex website: The mandate of the International Criminal Court is to prosecute the perpetrators of the most serious crimes under international law, noting that all… Member states of the European Union are members of the International Criminal Court.