31 minutes ago UK's position on ICC arrest warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu as US rejects orders

The International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant has been issued for Benjamin Netanyahu over alleged war crimes - here's all the details on how the UK has responded

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1 hour ago Trump allies warn Britain would face US reprisals for helping International Criminal Court arrest Netanyahu as Home Secretary says UK 'respects' warrant against Israeli PM

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said the UK 'respects the independence' of the ICC after the action against Benjamin Netanyahu and ex-minister Yoav Gallant.

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2 hours ago Hungary's Orbán vows to disregard international arrest warrant for Netanyahu

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán says he will defy an arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

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11 hours ago LEO MCKINSTRY: The deluded, partisan International Criminal Court has gone too far this time

LEO MCKINSTRY: The International Criminal Court likes to present itself as an instrument of global justice. But that is a perfect illustration of the depths of its self-delusion.

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11 hours ago What is the International Criminal Court and what does an arrest warrant mean for Israel’s Netanyahu?

Hague prosecutors have accused Israeli and Hamas leaders of possible war crimes and crimes against humanity

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12 hours ago The full list of countries that must arrest Netanyahu following ICC warrant

Under international law, any state that has signed up to the International Criminal Court's Rome Statute is obliged to Benjamin Netanyahu 'on sight'.

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13 hours ago Warrants put Israeli PM and others in a small group of leaders accused of crimes against humanity

Arrest warrants issued for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his former defense minister and a Hamas leader put them in a small group of leaders to be accused of crimes against humanity

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16 hours ago Starmer backs ICC’s independence after war crimes arrest warrant for Netanyahu

The International Criminal Court found ‘reasonable grounds to believe’ that Benjamin Netanyahu was responsible for war crimes in Gaza.

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16 hours ago The ICC arrest warrants must bring an end to Israel’s atrocities – and true accountability for all the guilty | Owen Jones

Benjamin Netanyahu and his former foreign minister have been accused of heinous crimes. This must mark a turning pointIt is not just Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant who should fear accountability for one of the gravest crimes of our age. If the international criminal court (ICC) had not issued today’s arrest warrants for the Israeli prime minister and his erstwhile defence minister – and indeed Hamas military leader Mohammed Deif – a global legal order already widely regarded with contempt by much of the world would not have survived.Why? Because of the scale of the alleged crime. Because of the overwhelming body of evidence, not least that accumulated by Palestinian journalists, many of whom acted as the world’s eyes and ears on the killing fields of Gaza before being killed by Isr...

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18 hours ago Why did ICC issue Netanyahu arrest warrant and what are the implications?

Reasoning behind decision that also included warrants for former defence secretary as well as Hamas’s military leaderBenjamin Netanyahu has become the first leader of a “western-style” democracy to have an arrest warrant issued in his name by the international criminal court. The court has also issued warrants for his former defence secretary, Yoav Gallant, and the Hamas military leader, Mohammed Deif.Here the Guardian explains why the warrants have been issued and what they mean in practice. Continue reading...

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