Posted on 07/17/24
| News Source: Arutz-7
The International Criminal Court (ICC) is expected to approve Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan's request to file arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant within the next two weeks, Israel's Channel 14 News reported.
According to the report, Israel had been relying on the promise by the previous Conservative government in Britain to file a challenge to the ICC's claims of jurisdiction over Gaza and Israel to prevent the warrants from being issued. However, now that a new Labour government has risen in the UK, there are conflicting reports as to whether the challenge will be filed. According to the Guardian, Labour Party officials have said that the party accepts the ICC's jurisdiction in this case.
Israeli officials now believe the warrants will be issued some time in the second half of July.
Channel 14 reporter Tamir Morag said, "We are about to see, after the worst massacre of Jews since the Holocaust, two arrest warrants against the prime minister of Israel and the defense minister of Israel.”
ICC Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan announced in May that he is seeking arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.
In addition to the Israeli leaders, Khan announced that he is also seeking arrest warrants against three Hamas leaders, Yahya Sinwar, Mohammed Deif, and Ismail Haniyeh.