Israel calls on ICC to withdraw arrest warrant against Netanyahu

Israel has called on the International Criminal Court (ICC) to withdraw its arrest warrants on Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant, the ex-Israeli defence minister, claiming the warrants are unlawful, Al-Monitor via AFP reported on May 12th.

In a document dated May 9th, which was published on the ICC’s website on May 12th, Israel claimed the warrants were invalid and unacceptable, amid judges examining a former Israeli challenge to the court’s jurisdiction concerning the case.

Israel claimed: “Depriving persons of their liberty on the basis of an arrest warrant issued in the absence of the necessary legal pre-conditions is an egregious violation of fundamental human rights and of the rule of law.”

Al-Monitor via AFP