ANKARA (AA) – France broke ranks with its Western allies, showing support for the International Criminal Court (ICC) after prosecutor Karim Khan sought arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. “Regarding Israel, it will be up to the court’s Pre-Trial Chamber to decide whether ...
The Hague, Netherlands – AFP The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court on Monday applied for arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and top Hamas leaders on suspicion of war crimes and crimes against humanity. Prosecutor Karim Khan said he was seeking warrants against Netanyahu and Israeli Defence Mini...
Jerusalem – AFP Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday that the Israeli military will launch a ground offensive in Rafah “with or without” a deal with Hamas. “The idea that we will halt the war before achieving all of its goals is out of the question. We will enter Rafah and we will eliminate […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – A team of Australian lawyers has referred Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to the International Criminal Court (ICC) as an “accessory to genocide” in Gaza. He is the “first leader of a Western nation to be referred to the ICC under Article 15 of the Rome Statute,” said Birchgrove Legal, who filed the […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – After years of impunity for policies that rights groups have described as apartheid and building illegal settlements in violation of international laws, a veteran war crime prosecutor has expressed hope that there could now be some accountability for Israel’s actions against Palestinians. “If other countries raise the imp...
OVIEDO, Spain (AA) – More than 60 left-wing politicians from Europe and Latin America have signed a petition calling on the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate Israeli leaders for genocide. “We’re not going to allow a genocide with our silence and complicity,” said Ione Belarra, Spanish minister for social rights, as she launched...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh has called on the International Criminal Court (ICC) to issue arrest warrants for Israeli officials over the ongoing bombardment on the Gaza Strip. “The ICC must issue arrest warrants for criminals as a precautionary step to stop the killing machine,” Shtayyeh said ...
The Hague, Netherlands – AFP The Palestinian foreign minister has said that Israel’s offensive on Gaza was a “war of revenge”, as he flew to the Hague in order to appeal for a ceasefire. The visit of Riyad al-Maliki to the Hague came as Israel sent a column of tanks and infantry to launch an […]
ISTANBUL (AA) – It is unlikely Tel Aviv will be held accountable for using disproportionate force in Gaza, says an Israeli academic. Neve Gordon, who is professor of international law and human rights at Queen Mary University of London, asserts that the International Criminal Court (ICC) tends to target weaker entities rather than powerf...
NEW YORK (AA) – Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, head of the Sovereign Council of Sudan, met UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Karim Khan on Saturday in New York. Burhan, in his meeting with Guterres, said the government is ready to collaborate with the UN on all matters […]...
