ICC arrest warrants: Binyamin Netanyahu's world has 'shrunk considerably'

Marc DAOU

22 November 2024 at 12:26 pm·1-min read

Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu speaks at a press conference in Jerusalem on September 4, 2024.

Arrest warrants issued by the International Criminal Court on Thursday for Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, former Israeli defence minister Yoav Gallant and Hamas military chief Mohammed Deif mark a "historic moment" in the history of the court, according to international law specialist Johann Soufi.

The International Criminal Court (ICC) earned Israel’s ire with its controversial decision to issue arrest warrants for Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and former defence minister Yoav Gallant for crimes allegedly committed in the Gaza Strip as part of the Israeli offensive in response to the deadly Hamas attacks of October 7, 2023.

Netanyahu immediately rejected the ICC decision against him and Gallant as "anti-Semitic".

Israel and the United States are not signatories to the Rome Statute that established the ICC and do not recognise the court’s jurisdiction. But the Israeli leader’s movements and those of his former defence minister are now effectively restricted, with each of the court's 124 member states theoretically obliged to arrest the men if they arrive on member territory.

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