US EditionIsrael asks ICC judges to withdraw Netanyahu arrest warrant
- Israel has formally requested that the International Criminal Court annul the arrest warrants issued in November 2024 targeting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and ex-defense minister Yoav Gallant, pending a review of the court’s jurisdiction over the matter.
- The ICC issued arrest warrants based on sufficient evidence suggesting that both officials are accountable for serious violations under international law linked to the Gaza war, although Israel disputes the court’s authority in this matter.
- Israel submitted a 14-page argument on May 9, stating that the warrants lack necessary legal preconditions and should be withdrawn pending judicial review of the court’s jurisdictional claims.
- ICC member countries are obliged to detain Netanyahu should he enter their territory, but Israel contends that enforcing these warrants during ongoing legal proceedings infringes on fundamental human rights and damages the court’s credibility.
- The court is reconsidering Israel’s jurisdictional challenge with no set deadline, while Israel and some Western allies have strongly rejected the warrants and criticized the ICC's actions.
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The ICC's moral reckoning over sex abuse claims
By any standard, the International Criminal Court (ICC) is in crisis. But the revelations in The Wall Street Journal – detailing explosive allegations of non-consensual sexual acts and abuse of office against its chief prosecutor, Karim Khan – have not just shaken the court’s credibility. They have obliterated it. The Journal reported that Khan faces “multiple allegations of coerced sexual intercourse,” based on documents, testimony and intervie…
Israel has called on the International Criminal Court to withdraw the arrest warrant against Prime Minister Netanyahu and former Minister of Defence Gallant.
In Wake Of Report, Israel Asks The ICC To Withdraw Netanyahu Arrest Warrant
Israel sent a request to the judges of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to withdraw the arrest warrants against Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and then-Defense Minister Yoav Gallant after examining the investigations and detailed testimony regarding allegations of rape against ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan. According to a Wall Street Journal report, Khan issued the warrants to deflect attention from the allegations against him. Israeli offi…
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