Tag: International Criminal Court
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...
Don’t downplay the impact of the ICC indictment of Netanyahu
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s domestic and American political opponents are not all cheering the decision of the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court to call for indictments of both the Israeli leader...
Israeli AG, state attorney reject ICC request to arrest Netanyahu, Gallant
Israel’s Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara and State Attorney Amit Aisman rejected as “without foundation” the International Criminal Court prosecutor’s request to the Hague court to issue arrest warrants for Israel’s prime minister and defense...
Cotton vows to block ICC prosecutor from entering the United States
Efforts by International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutors to arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant have provoked strong pushback from Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.).
“Equating Israel’s democratically elected leaders with the perpetrators of...
Rep. Schiff: ‘Misguided, repugnant’ for ICC to seek warrants for Israeli leaders
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) denounced the International Criminal Court’s efforts to arrest Israeli leaders in a statement on Monday.
“The ICC announcement today is not only misguided and repugnant, it is also a terrible overreach of the...
ICC warrants for Israeli officials a ‘sham,’ say members of Congress
Members of Congress reacted on Monday to the International Criminal Court’s decision to issue arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for “war crimes and crimes against humanity.”
The Hague-based...
Int’l Criminal Court seeks arrest warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant
The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor on Monday will seek arrest warrants for Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, as well as for Hamas leaders.
The charges against Netanyahu and Gallant...
ICC may issue arrest warrant for Netanyahu, Gallant this week
Jerusalem believes that the International Criminal Court in The Hague will issue arrest warrants against senior officials, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as early as this week.
Diplomatic efforts to thwart ICC Chief Prosecutor Karim...
Smotrich threatens to topple PA if ICC, UN take unilateral action against Israel
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich on Thursday threatened to crush the Palestinian Authority (P.A.) financially if certain unilateral actions are brought against Israel in the international arena.
In an open letter to Israeli Prime Minister...