The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, and three Hamas leaders, including the former head of the Hamas political bureau, Ismail Haniyeh. The warrants are related to alleged war crimes committed in Gaza.
The international criminal court issued an arrest warrant on 20 May against the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu , for war crimes committed in Gaza . Downing Street fears it is to be asked to support the issue of an international criminal court ( ICC ) arrest warrant for the Israeli leader, Such support would have to be given at a time when it has not proscribed Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps in the UK.
There are concerns among some Foreign Office officials whether the position is politically sustainable. No 10 is said to have been on alert for more than a week about an imminent statement from the ICC that its pre-trial chamber judges have accepted the request of the ICC prosecutor, Karim Khan, to issue arrest warrants for war crimes committed inagainst Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant, the defence minister, as well as three Hamas leaders, including Yawar Sinwar and Ismail Haniyeh, the now-deceased head of the Hamas political bureau. In the short term, No 10 is said to be most concerned by the explosive political fallout if the ICC issues an arrest warrant for Netanyahu, especially at such a moment of extreme tension in the Middle East. Khan told the ICC pre-trial chamber the issue of the arrest warrant was of the utmost urgency nearly a month ago. The chamber of judges has taken much longer to reach a decision than the three weeks it required to accept Khan’s request for an arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin, the Russian leader, over his role in orchestrating the abduction of children from Ukraine.Karim Khan, the ICC prosecutor, issues arrest warrants for Netanyahu, Yoav Gallant, Israel’s defence minister, and three Hamas leaders on 21 May.Khan submitted his reply to the submissions on 23 August, saying the case was of “the utmost urgency”, and referred to the catastrophic situation in Gaz
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