Tag: International Criminal Court
Israeli politicians condemn ICC warrants against Netanyahu, Gallant
Israeli politicians from across the political spectrum condemned the International Criminal Court’s decision on Thursday to issue arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.
Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar...
South Africa files genocide case against Israel at UN court
South Africa on Monday submitted to the United Nations’ top court its “main case” against Israel, arguing that the Jewish state is intending to commit a genocide in Gaza.
“Undergirding Israel’s genocidal acts is the...
UNRWA is a front for terrorism
A bill to outlaw any dealing with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) is supposed to come up for a vote in the Knesset at the end...
A call for global action
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) recently issued an “advisory opinion” on the “legal consequences of Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories,” advising that Israel has effectively annexed parts of the historical, ancient and biblical...
ICC’s request for arrest warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant reportedly hurt US, UK support
The decision by the International Criminal Court prosecutor ahead of his staff’s planned visit to the Jewish state to request arrest warrants for top Israeli officials has reportedly “harmed operational cooperation” with Washington and...
International law is not the problem
There is much room to improve international law in order to deal with terrorism and the use of force by non-state actors. But that is not essential to fighting terrorism. The law matters but is not...
Give ICC prosecutor ‘taste of own medicine,’ senators tell US attorney general
Four Republican senators are urging Merrick Garland, the U.S. attorney general, to investigate the International Criminal Court’s prosecutor, whom they accused of having “broken American law by materially supporting terrorism through his unjust and unjustified targeting...
Netanyahu: Israel has ‘no better friend’ than Sen. Lindsey Graham
The Jewish state has no truer friend than Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the visiting U.S. lawmaker during a tête-à-tête at his office in Jerusalem on Wednesday.
“We have no better friend, and...
IDF’s Rafah operation unaffected by ICJ, ICC steps
Recent moves by the International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court at the Hague are having no tangible effect on the Israel Defense Force’s ongoing Gaza operation, aimed at dismantling Hamas’s remaining...
Equating Israel with Hamas isn’t the worst of the ICC’s turpitude
The only thing surprising about the decision by International Criminal Court chief prosecutor Karim Khan on Monday was that it included Hamas, alongside Israel, as deserving of target. Otherwise, it shouldn’t have come as...